List of abbreviations

This is a list of abbreviations commonly used on MEpedia or in relation to ME/CFS. Abbreviations can be shortened versions of words, acronyms or mnemonics of short phrases. They can appear with or without punctuation.

B
BA = Bachelor of Arts

Biopsychosoc Med. = [BioPsychoSocial Medicine]

BMC Health Serv Res. = BMC Health Services Research

BMJ = British Medical Journal

BMREC/BRMEC = Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium

BPS model = BioPsychoSocial model

BPSM = BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Br J Nurs. = British Journal of Nursing

Br J Soc Psychol. = British Journal of Social Psychology

Br Med Bull. = British Medical Bulletin

BSc = Bachelor of Science

C
CBT = Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

CCC = Canadian Consensus Criteria

CDC = Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

CEBV = Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus

CFIDS = Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

CFS / C.F.S. = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

CFS/ME = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

CFSAC = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee

Cmrc / CMRC = UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative

CMS = Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CMV = Cytomegalovirus

COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CoQ10 / Coq10 = Coenzyme Q10

COST = Cooperation In Science And Technology

CPET = Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

D
DGLA = Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid

DHA = Docosahexaenoic acid

DHEA = Dehydroepiandrosterone

DNA = Deoxyribonucleic acid

DWP = Department for Work and Pensions

Dyn Med. = Dynamic Medicine

E
EBNA = Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen

EBV = Epstein-Barr Virus

E. Coli / E. coli = Escherichia coli

EDS = Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

EEG = Electroencephalogram, Electroencephalograph, or Electroencephalography

EPA = Eicosapentaenoic acid

EUROMENE = European ME Network aka European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Exerc Immunol Rev. = Exercise immunology review

F
FDA = U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Flu / 'Flu = Influenza

FM = Fibromyalgia

FMS = Fibromyalgia or Fibromyalgia Syndrome

FMT = Fecal matter transplant [USA]; Faecal matter transplant [UK]

FUT2 = Fucosyltransferase 2 enzyme

G
GET = Graded Exercise Therapy

GP / G.P. = General Practitioner

GSRME = Group on Scientific Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka Gibson Enquiry

GWI = Gulf War Illness

GWS = Gulf War Syndrome

H
HCI = Hydrochloric acid

HHS = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HHV = Herpesviruses

HHV-6 = Human herpesvirus 6

HHV-7 = Human herpesvirus 7

HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus

HPA = Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

HSV = Herpes simplex virus

I
IACFS/ME / IACFSME = International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome

ICC = International Consensus Criteria

ICD = International Classification of Diseases

IFN = Interferon

Ig = Immunoglobulin

IiME = Invest in ME

IL = Interleukin

IOM = Institute of Medicine

IVIG = Intravenous immunoglobulin

J
JAMA = Journal of the American Medical Association

J. Pediatr. = Journal of Pediatrics

J Transl Med. = Journal of Translational Medicine

M
MA = Master of Arts

MCS = Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

MCT = Medium chain fatty acid

MD = Medical Doctor

ME / M.E. = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or less commonly Myalgic Encephalopathy

MEA = ME Association

ME/CFS = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Med Sci Sports Exerc = Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Mono = mononucleosis

MRC = Medical Research Council

MS = Multiple Sclerosis

MSC = Master of Science

MSIDS = Multiple Systemic Infectious Diseases Syndrome

MSM = Mainstream media

MSSE = Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

MTHFR = methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

MUS = Medically Unexplained Symptoms

N
NAD / NADH = Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NCNED = National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases

Neuropsychol Rev. = Neuropsychology Review

NHS = National Health Service

NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NIH = National Institutes of Health

NINDS = National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NIOF = Neuro-Inflammatory and Oxidative Fatigue

NKC = Natural killer cell

NMH = Neurally mediated hypotension

Nrf2 = Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2

N Z Med J. = New Zealand Medical Journal

O
OI = Orthostatic intolerance

OMF = Open Medicine Foundation

P
P2P = Pathways to prevention report

PACE = Pacing, graded Activity, and Cognitive behaviour therapy; a randomised Evaluation

PEM = Post-exertional malaise

PhD = Doctor of Philosophy

PIFS = Post-infectious Fatigue Syndrome

PLoS One / PLOS ONE = Public Library of Science journal

PMID = PubMed Identifier

PNAS = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Polio = Poliomyelitis

POTS = Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

PSGL-1 = P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1

Psychiatr Clin North Am. = Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Psychiatr Genet. = Psychiatric Genetics

Psychol Med. = Psychological Medicine

Psychosom Med. = Psychosomatic Medicine

PVFS = Post-viral fatigue syndrome

PwCFS/PwC = Person with/suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

PwF = Person with fatigue

PwME = Person with/suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Q
QJM. = QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, originally Quarterly Journal of Medicine

Qual Life Res. = Quality of Life Research

R
RA = Rheumatoid arthritis

S
SEID = Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease

Semin Neurol. = Seminars in Neurology

SIBO = Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

SM = Social media

Smc / SMC = Science Media Centre

Soc Sci Med. = Social Science & Medicine

SOD = Superoxide dismutase

SPECT / SPET = Single-photon emission computed tomography

T
TATT = Tired All The Time

TCA cycle = tricarboxylic acid cycle or Citric acid cycle

Th - T helper cell

TLR = Toll-like receptor

U
UK = United Kingdom

US = United States of America

USA = United States of America

Usawg / USAWG = US Action Working Group

V
VDR = Vitamin D receptor

VNIH = Vagus nerve infection hypothesis

VZV = Varicella zoster virus

W
WAMES = Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support

WG = Working group

WHO = World Health Organization

WPI = Whittemore Peterson Institute