Medical abbreviations and acronyms (Y)

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 4 Aug 2023

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Bell D, Sharma R, Hacking C, Medical abbreviations and acronyms (Y). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-54613

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-54613

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/54613

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54613

Article created:

17 Jul 2017, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Last revised:

4 Aug 2023, Rohit Sharma ◉

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Medical abbreviations (Y)
Medical acronyms (Y)

This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter Y and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep the main list and any sublists in alphabetic order).

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - misc

Y
- tyrosine (single letter amino acid code)
- Y chromosome
- year
- yotta (SI prefix for 10²⁴)
- yttrium
Yb: ytterbium
YO: year old
YOF: year old female
YOM: year old male
Yr: year
YS: yolk sac
YST: yolk sac tumor