LIST OF IMPORTANT SCIENCE ABBREVIATIONS

 

Dear Readers, 

There are certain acronyms in Science which are quite common but we must have the profound knowledge of them. In this article, we are providing the entire list of most important science abbreviations/acronyms that one must be aware of.  These are illustrsted in tabular form below :

ABBREVIATION	EXPLAINATION
ADH	Antidiuretic Hormone
AIDS	Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AMU	Atomic Mass Unit
AWACS	Airborne Warning and Control System
BCG	Bacillus Calmette Guerin
BHC	Benzene Hexachloride
BTU	British Thermal Unit
CFC	Chloro Fluoro Carbon
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
CNS	Central Nervous System
CRO	Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
DDT	Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroehane
DNA	Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
EMF	Electromotive Force
FBTR	Fast Breeding Test Reactor
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
LED	Light Emitting Diode
LNG	Liquified Natural Gas
LORAN	Long Range Navigation
LPG	Liquified Petroleum Gas
MASER	Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
OPV	Oral Polio Vaccine
PNS	Peripheral Nervous System
PVC	Poly Vinyl Chloride
RADAR	Radio Detection and Ranging
RBC	Red Blood Cells
RNA	Ribose Nucleic Acid
SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SONAR	Sound Navigation And Ranging
STAR	Satellite for Telecommunication Application and Research
STP	Standard Temperature and Pressure
TB	Tuberculosis
TFT	Thin Film Transistor
TNT	Tri Nitro Toluene
VNTR	Variable Number of Tandem Repeats
WBC	White Blood Cells

Hope this article imparts you all the vital information regarding the major science abbreviations.

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