ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (2/11/2001)
`WHEN ACRONYMS INSPIRE ACRIMONY...CALLS RSVP AN ACRONYM?" WROTE STEVE...s note that acronym itself is a...difference between acronyms and abbreviations...distinction between acronyms and initialisms...average) as an acronym. ...

A Web-mining approach to disambiguate biomedical acronym expansions.(Technical report) Informatica (6/1/2010)
...words that defines the acronym. In all cases, an acronym behaves like a named...ambiguity in most acronyms enhances the difficulty...character chain as an acronym and not as an unknown...misspelled word. Most acronyms detecting methods...

ASAP, WHAT'S YOUR ACRONYM IQ? The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (5/21/1990)
...one wonders if the acronym has not bestowed...linguistic grace. When acronyms get out of hand...for some of these acronyms, but if you can...one gold star. An acronym has really made...with meaningful acronyms (FAWN, MADD...clever humor into ...

Alphabet soup: there are a lot of acronyms out there. We'll help you sort them out. Mechanical Engineering-CIME (1/1/2003)
...there's even an acronym for three-letter acronyms: TLA, of course...when too many acronyms are bandied about...cousin of the acronym, techno speak...and also its acronym--to try to...come up with acronyms that don't...

DEPARTMENT OF ACRONYMS.(MAIN) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (4/17/2004)
...They'd use TNT. Acronyms and initials have been...turn into words called acronyms because you can pronounce...but we say it as the acronym ``okay.'' Other...unfortunate military acronym in World War II was...government loves initials and ...

Critical Path Network: Simple acronym helps staff focus on neuro patients' needs. Hospital Case Management (2/1/2006)
Critical Path Network Simple acronym helps staff focus on neuro patients...interdisciplinary team meetings by using a simple acronym that keeps staff on track when it...patients' care, we developed the acronym A PatienT MENDS, which we use to...

Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.(Continuing Cursing Education Series) Pediatric Nursing (9/1/2007)
...punctuation. In a sense, the acronym is a combination of abbreviations...separate meaning. The word acronym is derived from the Greek akros...name. In this country the acronym's component letters usually result in a pronounceable word (Acronyms and ...

HALT: HELP ACRONYMS LEAVE (MEDICAL) TRIALS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (8/13/2006)
...the fact that a trial has an acronym convoluted, life-affirming...study coyly gave their work an acronym: ART, for Acronym-Named Randomized Trials in...collective health? People like acronyms, and they make things easier...

AORN guidance statement: "do-not-use" abbreviations, acronyms, dosage designations, and symbols.(Association of Operating Room Nurses) AORN Journal (9/1/2006)
...easily misinterpreted abbreviations, acronyms, or symbols put caregivers at risk for...reducing and standardizing abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols is a significant step toward...associated with the use of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols, with the goal of ...