J-ART | Japanese Adverse Reaction Terminology |
JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
JATO | Jet-Assisted Takeoff(usually actually rocket-assisted) |
JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
JFK | Kennedy International Airport(New York City) |
JFK | Former US President John F. Kennedy |
JHP | Jacketed hollow point (bullet) |
JIC | Joint Industrial Council |
JNLWD | Joint Non-Lethal Wapons Directorate (US DOD) |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JSP | Jacketed soft point (bullet) |
K | Lysine (amino acid) |
K | Karabiner (carbine, but can also be a rifle) |
K (sub) m | Michaelis constant(Michaelis-Menten constant) |
K | Potassium (in a salt of a pharmaceutical compound) |
KAIST | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
kb | kilobase (in nucleic acids) |
KCS | Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; kératoconjonctivite sche |
KDN-AN | Potassium dinitramide-Ammonium nitrate |
KFÜ | Kernreaktor Fernüberwachung |
KG | Körpergewicht (body weight) |
KINITI | Korea Institute of Industry and Technology Information |
KIST | Korea Institute of Science and Technology |
KITA | Korea Industrial Technology Association |
KLH | Keyhole limpet hemocyanin |
KLOC | Thousand lines of code (computer programming) |
KORDIC | Korea Research & Development |
KOTRA | Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency |
KS | KetoSteroid(s) |
KSK | Ethyl iodoacetate(English WWI chemical agent) |
KTP | Potassium titanyl phosphate |
KUB | Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder |
KUFIT | Korea-United States Foundation for Industry & Technology Cooperation |
KVA | Kilovolt ampere |
L | Leucine |
L | Lewisite; (2-chloroethyl) arsenous dichloride |
L | when followed by a number, a chromatographic column |
L/S | Lecithin/Sphingomyelin |
LA | Licensing Authority(UK, pharmaceuticals) |
LAL | Limulus Amoebacyte Lysate (test for bacterial endotoxins) |
LAN | Local Area Network (computers) |
LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratories |
LAP | Leucine AminoPeptidase |
LASA | Lipid-Associated Sialic Acid |
LASIK | Laser in-situ keratomileusis |
LATS | Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulation |
LAX | Los Angeles International Airport |
LB | Luria-Bertaini (microbiological medium) |
LBB | Leucoberlin Blue |
LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LBO | Leveraged Buy-Out |
LC/MS | Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry |
LC50 | Concentration lethal to 50% of those exposed |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
LCL | Less than Car-load Lot |
LCL | Lower Control Limit(QA: Control charts) |
LCM | Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (virus) |
LCMS | Liquid Chromatography - Mass spectrometry |
LCP | Liquid crystal polymers |
LCR | Ligase chain reaction |
LD | Lactic Dehydrogenase |
LD100 | Lethal dose 100%(kills 100% of those exposed) |
LD50 | Lethal dose for 50% of those exposed |
LDA | Lithium diisopropylamide |
LDA | Linear Discriminant analysis |
LDH | Lactic DeHydrogenase |
LDL | Low density lipoprotein |
LDPE | Low density polyethylene |
LDR | Linear dynamic range |
LE | Lupus Erythematosus |
LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
LEED | Low-energy electron diffraction |
LEEP | Loop electrosurgery excision procedure |
LEL | Lower Explosive Limit (% by volume in air) |
LEOMA | Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturers Association |
Leu | Leucine |
LFM | Lateral force (scanning) microscopy |
LH | Luteinizing Hormone |
LHSV | Liquid hourly space velocity |
LIA | Laser Institute of America |
LIF | Laser-induced fluorescence |
LIF | Laser-Induced Fluorescence |
LIFO | Last in, first out (inventory accounting) |
LIMS | Laboratory Information Management System |
LLDPE | Linear low-density polyethylene |
LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) |
LLRW | Low Level Radioactive Waste |
LMG | Light machine gun |
LMR | Limites maximales de résidus |
LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas (Methane) |
LO | Light On (photoelectric switch) |
LOA | Length over all (of a cartridge, for instance) |
LOD | Limit of Detection (in chemical analysis) |
LOI | Loss on ignition (weight loss on heating red hot) |
LOI | Loss on ignition (at red heat) |
LOQ | Limit of Quantification (in chemical analysis) |
LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
LP | Lumbar Puncture |
LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas (usually propane or butane) |
LPS | Lipopolysaccharide(bacterial endotoxin; pyrogen) |
LR | Linear Range |
LR | Long Rifle (only in the caliber designation .22 LR) |
LRPL | Liquid Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (Picatinny Arsenal) |
LRS | Laser Raman Spectrometry |
LS | Lumbosacral |
LSB | Lower sideband |
LSL | Lower specification limit |
LTPD | Lot tolerance percent defective(QA) |
LTR | Long Terminal Repeat(molecular genetics) |
LUP | Lead Units of Pressure (firearms cartridges) |
LV | Liefervorschriften (?) |
LVEF | Left ventricle ejection fraction |
LVP | Large-Volume Parenteral(s) |
LW | Large white (pig) |
LWL | Lower warning limit(QA: control charts) |
Lys | Lysine |
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