| Acronym | Meaning |
 | AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
 | AAAS | American Association For The Advancement Of Science |
 | AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
 | AACR | American Association For Cancer Research |
 | AAI | American Association Of Immunologists |
 | AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |
 | AANP | American Association Of Neuropathologists |
 | AAP | Association Of American Physicians |
 | ABA | Australian Biotechnol. Assoc. |
 | ABI | Applied Biosystems |
 | ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
 | ABRF | Association Of Biomolecular Resource Facilities |
 | ACE | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme |
 | ACEDB | A C. Elegans Database |
 | ACMG | American College Of Medical Genet. |
 | ACS | American Chemical Society |
 | ADA | Americans With Disabilities Act |
 | AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
 | AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
 | AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
 | AFMR | American Federation Of Medical Research |
 | AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
 | AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
 | AHA | American Heart Association |
 | AIBS | Am. Inst. Of Biol. Soc. |
 | AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
 | AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
 | ANGIS | Australian National Genomic Info. Service |
 | ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
 | API | Application Programming Interface |
 | ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
 | ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
 | ASBMB | American Society For Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
 | ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
 | ASCI | American Society For Clinical Investigation |
 | ASHG | American Society For Human Genetics |
 | ASIP | American Society For Investigative Pathologists |
 | ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
 | ASLME | American Society Of Law |
 | ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
 | ASPET | American Society For Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics |
 | ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
 | ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
 | AVS | American Vacuum Society |
 | AWCH | Adelaide Women And Children's Hospital |
 | BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |
 | BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
 | BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
 | BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
 | BER | Biological And Environmental Research |