Abbreviations - E

• E - E air dose.
• e - e base of natural logarithms approximately 2.7182818285; egg transfer; ejection; electric charge; electron; elementary charge; exchange.
• E - E cortisone (compound E).
• E - E each.
• E - E eating.
• E - E edema.
• E - E elastance.
• E - E electric charge.
• E - E electric field vector.
• E - E electrode potential.
• E - E electromotive force.
• E - E electron.
• E - E embyro.
• E - E emmetropia.
• E - E encephalitis.
• E - E endangered (animal).
• E - E endogenous.
• E - E endoplasm.
• E - E enema.
• E - E energy.
• E - E Entamoeba.
• E - E enterococcus.
• E - E enzyme.
• E - E eosinophil.
• E - E epicondyle.
• E - E epinephrine.
• E - E error.
• E - E erythrocyte.
• E - E erythroid.
• E - E erythromycin.
• E - E Escherichia.
• E - E esophagus.
• E - E ester.
• E - E estradiol.
• E - E ethanol.
• E - E ethyl.
• E - E examination.
• E - E exhalation.
• E - E expectancy (wave).
• E - E expected frequency in a cell of a contingency table.
• E - E experiment experimenter.
• E - E expiration.
• E - E expired air.
• E - E exposure.
• E - E extract extracted extraction.
• E - E extraction fraction.
• E - E extralymphatic.
• E - E eye.
• E - E glutamic acid.
• E - E internal energy.
• E - E involvement of a single extranodal site (in Hodgkin lymphoma).
• E - E kinetic energy.
• E - E mathematical expectation.
• e - e negative electron.
• E - E redox potential.
• E - E stereodescriptor to indicate the configuration at a double bond (Ger. entgegen opposite).
• E - E unit (Ger. Einheit)..
• E 4E - E 4E four-plus edema.
• E coli - E coli Escherichia coli.
• E&A - E&A evaluate and advise.
• E* - E* lesion on the erythrocyte cell membrane at the site of complement fixation.
• e+ - e+ positron.
• E-ADD - E-ADD epileptic attentional deficit disorder.
• E/A - E/A emergency admission.
• E/G ratio - E/G ratio ratio of erythroid to granulocytic precursors.
• E0 - E0 electric affinity.
• E0 - E0 standard electrode potential.
• E1 - E1 estrone.
• E2 - E2 17-estradiol.
• E3 - E3 estriol.
• E4 - E4 estetrol.
• ea - ea each.
• EA - EA early antigen (in EBV-IM).
• EA - EA educational age.
• EA - EA egg albumin.
• EA - EA electric affinity.
• EA - EA electrical activity.
• EA - EA electroacupuncture.
• EA - EA electroanes thesia.
• EA - EA electropbysiological abnormality.
• EA - EA embryonic antibody.
• EA - EA endocardio graphic amplifier.
• EA - EA Endometriosis Association.
• EA - EA endurance athletes.
• EA - EA enteral alimentation.
• EA - EA entero anastomosis.
• EA - EA enzymatically active.
• EA - EA epiandrosterone.
• EA - EA erythrocyte antibody.
• EA - EA erythrocyte antiserum.
• EA - EA esophageal atresia.
• EA - EA estivo-autumnal.
• EA - EA ethacrynic acid..
• Ea - Ea kinetic energy of alpha particles.
• EA-D - EA-D early antigen diffuse.
• EAA - EAA electroacupuncture analgesia.
• EAA - EAA Epilepsy Association of America.
• EAA - EAA essential amino acid.
• EAA - EAA ex trinsic allergic alveolitis.
• EAA - EAA excitatory amino acid.
• EAAC - EAAC excitatory amino acid carrier.
• EAB - EAB elective abortion; Ethics Advisory Board.
• EABV - EABV effective arterial blood volume.
• EAC - EAC Ehrlich ascites carcinoma.
• EAC - EAC electroacupuncture.
• EAC - EAC epithelioma adenoides cysticum.
• EAC - EAC erythema annulare centrifugum.
• EAC - EAC erythrocyte antibody complement.
• EAC - EAC external auditory canal.
• EACA - EACA epsilon-aminocaproic acid.
• EACD - EACD eczematous allergic contact dermatitis.
• EACH - EACH essential access community hospital.
• EACR - EACR European Association for Cancer Research.
• EACs - EACs endocrine-active chemicals.
• EAD - EAD early afterdepolarization; extracranial arterial disease.
• EADS - EADS early amnion deficit spectrum or syndrome.
• EAE - EAE experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; experimental autoimmune encephalitis.
• EAHP - EAHP European Association for Hematopathology.
• EAN - EAN experimental allergic (autoimmune) neuritis).
• EANO - EANO European Association for NeuroOncology.
• EAS - EAS emergent abdominal sonography.
• EB - EB epidermolysis bulosa.
• EBA - EBA epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.
• EBCT - EBCT electron-beam computed tomography.
• EBER - EBER early EBV mRNA.
• EBL - EBL enzootic bovine leucosis.
• EBL - EBL estimated blood loss.
• EBM - EBM evidence-based medicine.
• EBMT - EBMT European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
• EBN - EBN Endemic Balkan nephropathy.
• EBNA - EBNA Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen.
• EBV - EBV Epstein-Barr virus.
• EBV-IM - EBV-IM Epstein-BArr virus infectious mononucleosis.
• EC - EC Enzyme Commission of the International Union of Biochemistry.
• ECA - ECA Echocontrast agents.
• ECA - ECA ecternal/extracranial carotid artery.
• ECA - ECA electrical control activity.
• ECA - ECA endometrial cryoablation.
• ECA - ECA enterobacterial common antigen.
• ECA - ECA Epidemiological Catchment Area.
• Eca - Eca Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica (a phytopathogen).
• ECA - ECA external carotid artery.
• ECA - ECA extra-cardiac structural or karyotypic anomalies.
• Eca 109 - Eca 109 human esophageal epithelial cancer cell line.
• ECBO virus - ECBO virus enteric cytopathogenic bovine orphan virus.
• ECC - ECC early childhood caries.
• ECC - ECC endocervical cell collector.
• ECC - ECC extracorporeal circulation.
• ECCE - ECCE extracapsular cataract extraction.
• ECF - ECF extended care facility.
• ECF - ECF extracellular fluid.
• ECFV - ECFV extracellular fluid volume.
• ECG - ECG electrocardiogram (also EKG).
• ECH - ECH enoyl CoA hydratase.
• ECHO - ECHO echocardiogram.
• ECM - ECM extracellular matrix.
• ECMO - ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• ECOMOG - ECOMOG Economic Community of West African Monitoring Group.
• EcoRI - EcoRI restriction enzyme from Escherichia coli RY 13.
• ECOWAS - ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States.
• ECRB - ECRB extensor carpi radialis brevis.
• ECRL - ECRL extensor carpi radialis longus.
• ECT - ECT electroconvulsive therapy.
• ECTR - ECTR endoscopic carpal tunnel release.
• ECU - ECU extensor carpi ulnaris.
• ECWSs - ECWSs endoluminal colonic wall stents.
• ED - ED edema.
• ED - ED emergency department.
• ED - ED extradomain (the type III unit of fibronectin).
• EDA - EDA Excess Defense Articles.
• EDAC - EDAC early detection of alcohol consumption.
• EDC - EDC estimated or expected date of confinement.
• EDC - EDC extensor digitorum communis.
• EDDI - EDDI Education for Development and Democracy Initiative.
• EDI - EDI electronic data interchange.
• EDIR - EDIR emergency drug identification record.
• EDL - EDL extensor digitorum longus.
• EDM - EDM extensor digitis minimi.
• EDMR - EDMR electrically detected magnetic resonance.
• EDRF - EDRF endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
• EDS - EDS Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
• EDS - EDS external defibrillation system.
• EDSTAC - EDSTAC Endocrine-Disrupter Screening and Testing Advisory Committee.
• EDTA - EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
• EDV - EDV end diastolic velocity.
• EDX - EDX electrodiagnostic.
• EE - EE energy expenditure.
• EE - EE ethinyl estradiol.
• EEG - EEG electroencephalogram.
• EENT - EENT ear eye nose and throat.
• EES - EES Ethicon Endo-Surgery.
• EEXOT - EEXOT Hellenic Orthopaedic Association.
• EF - EF (peptide) elongation factor.
• EF - EF ectopic focus.
• EF - EF edema factor.
• EF - EF ejection fraction.
• EF - EF elastic fibril.
• EF - EF electric field.
• EF - EF elongation factor.
• EF - EF embryo fibroblast.
• EF - EF embryo-fetal.
• EF - EF emergency facility.
• EF - EF encephalitogenic factor..
• EF - EF endothoracic fascia.
• EF - EF endurance factor.
• EF - EF eosinophilic fasciitis.
• EF - EF epithelial focus.
• EF - EF equivalent focus.
• EF - EF erythroblastosis fetalis.
• EF - EF erythrocyte fragmentation.
• EF - EF exposure factor.
• EF - EF extended field.
• EF - EF extrafine.
• EF - EF extrinisic factor.
• EF-2 - EF-2 initiation factor in the translational step of viral replication.
• EF-G - EF-G elongation factor G.
• EFA - EFA essential fatty acids.
• EFFAS - EFFAS European Foot and Ankle National Societies.
• EFFO - EFFO European Foundation for Osteoporosis and Bone Disease.
• EFORT - EFORT European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
• EFS - EFS event free survival - time from diagnosis to defined events (e.g. relapse or death).
• EGA - EGA error grid analysis.
• EGA - EGA estimated gestational age.
• EGCs - EGCs early gastric carcinomas.
• EGD - EGD esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
• EGDS - EGDS esophagogastric devascularization with splenectomy.
• EGE - EGE eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
• EGF - EGF epidermal growth factor.
• EGFP - EGFP enhanced green fluorescent protein.
• EGS - EGS ethylene glycol bis succinimidyl succinate.
• EHBA - EHBA extrahepatic biliary atresia.
• EHBP - EHBP extrahepatic biliary passages.
• EHEC - EHEC enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli.
• EHL - EHL extensor hallucis longus.
• EHS - EHS European Hip Society.
• EIC - EIC endometrial intraepithelial carcinogenesis.
• EIC - EIC extensive intraductal component.
• EICESS - EICESS European Intergroup Ewing's Sarcoma Study.
• EIN3 - EIN3 ethylene-insensitive3 (is a transcription factor that works in the ethylene signaling pathway in Arabidopsis).
• EJ - EJ elbow jerk.
• EJC - EJC European Journal of Cancer.
• EJHS - EJHS Electronic Journal of Hand Surgery.
• EJO - EJO Electronic Journal of Orthopaedics.
• EJS - EJS Electronic Journal of Surgery and Specialistic Medicine.
• EKG - EKG electrocardiogram (also ECG).
• EL - EL elbow.
• EL - EL endoscopic ligation.
• ELAM-1 - ELAM-1 E-selectin adhesion molecule (on endothelial cells).
• ELISA - ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
• Elix - Elix elixir.
• ELOS - ELOS estimated lenght of stay.
• EM - EM electron microscope emmetropia.
• EMB - EMB eosin methylene blue agar.
• EMC - EMC electromagnetic compatibility.
• EMCAP - EMCAP World Bank's Economic Management Capacity Project.
• EMDR - EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
• EMEA - EMEA European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products.
• EMG - EMG electromyogram electromyography.
• EMH - EMH extramedullary hematopoiesis.
• EMM - EMM epithelial malignant mesotheliomas.
• EMP - EMP Embden-Meyerhof pathway.
• EMR - EMR Electronic Medical Records.
• EMS - EMS electrical muscle stimulation.
• EMS - EMS emergency medical service.
• EMST - EMST Emergency Management of Severe Trauma.
• EMT - EMT emergency medical technician.
• EMTALA - EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
• EMUO - EMUO early morning urine osmolality (evaluating urine concentration).
• End - End endothelial cells.
• ENG - ENG electronystagmography.
• ENI - ENI Bureau for Europe and the New Independent States .
• ENSG - ENSG European Neuroblastoma Study Group.
• ENT - ENT ear nose and throat.
• EOA - EOA Eastern Orthopaedic Association.
• EOA - EOA Egyptian Orthopaedic Association.
• EOI - EOI European Osteosarcoma Intergroup.
• EOM - EOM extraocular movements.
• EOMI - EOMI extraocular movements intact.
• EORS - EORS European Orthopaedics Research Society.
• EORTC - EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.
• Eos - Eos eosin eosinophil.
• EP - EP ectopic pregnancy.
• EP - EP emergency physician.
• EP - EP endogenous pyrogens.
• EP - EP European Pharmacopoeia.
• EPA - EPA Environmental Protection Agency; controls the use of pesticides and monitors water pollution in general.
• EPB - EPB extensor pollicis brevis.
• EPC - EPC egg phosphatidylcholine.
• EPDM - EPDM ethylene propylene diene rubber.
• EPEC - EPEC enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
• EPI - EPI epinephrine.
• Epi - Epi epithelial cells.
• EPL - EPL extensor pollicis longus.
• EPOC - EPOC excess post-exercise oxygen consumption.
• EPOS - EPOS European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society.
• EPS - EPS exophtalmos-producing substance.
• EPS - EPS extrapyramidal symptoms.
• EPSD - EPSD Early Periodic Screening Detection.
• EPSP - EPSP excitatory postsynaptic potential.
• EPSPS - EPSPS 5-enolpyruvylshikamate-3-phosphate synthetase.
• EPU - EPU epidermal proliferative unit.
• EPV - EPV Epstein-Barr virus.
• ER - ER emergency room.
• ER - ER endoplasmic reticulum.
• ER - ER external rotation.
• ER/PR - ER/PR estrogen/progesterone.
• ERA - ERA electrical response activity.
• ERA - ERA estradiol receptor assay.
• ERA - ERA evoked response audiometry.
• ERAD - ERAD endoplasmic-reticulum-associated degradation.
• ERCP - ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
• ERE - ERE external rotation in extension.
• ERF - ERF external rotation in flexion.
• ERP - ERP effective refractory period.
• ERT - ERT empathy response task.
• ERT - ERT endurance run test.
• ERT - ERT enzyme replacement therapy.
• ERT - ERT estrogen replacement therapy.
• ERT - ERT external radiation therapy.
• Ery - Ery erythrocytes.
• ES - ES electrical stimulation.
• ES - ES endoscopic sclerotherapy.
• ES - ES enzymatic spectrometric method.
• ES - ES enzyme-substrate complex.
• ESAF - ESAF Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility.
• ESB - ESB European Society of Biomechanics.
• ESD - ESD esterase D.
• ESD Dus 2 - ESD Dus 2 a new rare allele for esterase D (ESD) described in a family from Dusseldorf.
• ESDS - ESDS European Spinal Deformities Society.
• ESF - ESF Economic Support Fund.
• ESF - ESF European Science Foundation.
• ESFAS - ESFAS European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
• ESI - ESI electrospray ionization.
• ESI - ESI epidural steroid injection.
• ESI - ESI European Surgical Institute.
• ESO - ESO European School of Oncology
• EspA - EspA E. coli secreted protein A.
• EspB - EspB E. coli secreted protein B.
• EspD - EspD E. coli secreted protein D.
• ESPD - ESPD electrosensitive protective device.
• ESPD - ESPD endogenous digoxin-like substance.
• ESPGHAN - ESPGHAN European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition.
• ESR - ESR electron spin resonance.
• ESR - ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
• ESRD - ESRD end stage renal disease.
• ESRF - ESRF end stage renal failure.
• ESS - ESS endometrial stromal sarcoma.
• ESS - ESS European Spine Society.
• ESSKA - ESSKA European Society for Sports Medicine Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy.
• EST - EST electroshock therapy.
• EST - EST estrogen sulfotransferases.
• EST - EST expressed sequence tag.
• ESTRO - ESTRO European Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology.
• ESWL - ESWL extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
• et - et and.
• ET - ET ejection time.
• ET - ET esotropia.
• ET - ET essential thrombocythemia.
• ET - ET eustachian tube(s).
• ET - ET exercise training.
• ET-1 - ET-1 endothelin-1.
• ETA - ETA estimated time of arrival.
• ETCO2 - ETCO2 end tidal CO2.
• ETD - ETD estimated time of departure.
• ETF - ETF eustachian tube function.
• ETI - ETI endotracheal intubation.
• Etio - Etio etiology.
• etiol. - etiol. etiology
• EtO - EtO ethylene oxyde.
• ETOH - ETOH ethanol - alcohol
• ETS - ETS environmental tobacco smoke.
• ETT - ETT endotracheal tube.
• ETT - ETT exercise tolerance test.
• ETX - ETX ethosuximide.
• EU - EU European Union.
• EU-NRLs - EU-NRLs European Union National Reference Laboratories.
• EUA - EUA examination under anesthesia.
• EUP - EUP eupneic.
• EUS - EUS endoscopic ultrasound.
• EVA - EVA economic value added.
• EVA - EVA electric vacuum aspiration.
• EVA - EVA ethylene-vinylacetate.
• EVAL - EVAL ethylene-vinyl alcohol.
• eval. - eval. evaluation.
• EVH - EVH enabled/VASP homology.
• EVH - EVH endoscopic vein harvest.
• EVH - EVH esophageal variceal hemorrhage.
• EVH - EVH eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation.
• EX - EX exacerbate; examination; excision.
• EX - EX exercise.
• EX - EX extension.
• Exam - Exam examination.
• EXC - EXC excellent; except; exchange; excision.
• EXP - EXP expand; explain.
• ExT - ExT exfoliating toxin.
• EXT - EXT extend; external; extremity
• ext - ext external.