| A |
adenine |
| AAV |
adeno-associated viral |
| AB |
antibody |
| ABC |
ATP-binding cassette |
| ABPI |
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| ACAT |
acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyl transferase |
| ACP |
acyl carrier protein |
| ADCC |
antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity |
| ADH |
alcohol dehydrogenase |
| ADME |
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion |
| ADP |
adenosine diphosphate |
| ADR |
adverse drug reaction |
| AFM |
atomic force microscopy |
| AFP |
amplified fragment length polymorphism |
| AG |
antigen |
| AHG |
antihaemophilic globulin |
| AI |
artificial intelligence |
| AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| AIF |
apoptosis-inducing factor |
| ALDH |
aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| ALS |
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| AMD |
age-related macular degeneration |
| AMI |
acute myocardial infarction |
| AMO |
ammonia monooxygenase |
| AMP |
adenosine monophosphate |
| ANP |
atrial natriuretic
peptide |
| AOB |
ammonia-oxidizing bacteria |
| AP-PCR |
arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction |
| APC |
antigen-presenting cell |
| API |
active pharmaceutical ingredient (dict.) |
| annual parasite incidence |
| application program(ming) interface |
| APP |
amyloid ß-protein precursor |
| ARMG |
antibiotic resistance marker gene |
| ARS |
autonomously replicating segment |
| autonomously replicating sequence |
| AS |
antisense |
| AS-PCR |
allele-specific PCR |
| ASA |
allele-specific amplification |
| ASIC |
acid-sensing ion channel |
| ASL |
alternative splicing library |
| ASO |
antisense oligonucleotide |
| ASR |
analyte specific reagent |
| ASSET |
alternative splicing sequence enriched tag |
| ATCC |
American type culture collection |
| ATP |
adenosine 5'-triphosphate |
| advanced therapy product |
| AUC |
analytical ultracentrifugation |
| AV |
accurate volume |