ABGC: American Board of Genetic Counseling
ABHES: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
ABHI: Association of British Healthcare Industries
ABHM: American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine
ABHM: Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management
ABHPM: American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

ABI: ankle-brachial index
ABIH: American Board of Industrial Hygiene

ABIM: American Board of Internal Medicine
ABIME: American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
ABLM: American Board of Legal Medicine
ABMCM: American Board of Managed Care Medicine
ABMCN: American Board of Managed Care Nursing
ABME: Annals of Biomedical Engineering

ABMG: American Board of Medical Genetics
ABMM: American Board of Medical Management
ABMP: American Board of Medical Physics
ABMR: Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
ABMS: American Board of Medical Specialties
ABMT: autologous bone marrow transplant
ABN: Advance Beneficiary Notice
ABNF: Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education

ABNM: American Board of Nuclear Medicine
ABNS: American Board of Neurological Surgery
ABNS: American Board of Nursing Specialties
ABO: American Board of Orthodontics
ABOG: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
ABOHN: American Board for Occupational Health Nurses
ABOMP: American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
ABOMR: American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
ABOMS: American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
ABOP: American Board of Ophthalmology
ABOP: American Board of Orofacial Pain

ABOS: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

ABOto: American Board of Otolaryngology
ABP: American Board of Pathology
ABP: American Board of Pediatrics
ABP: American Board of Periodontology
ABP: American Board of Prosthodontics
abp: arterial blood pressure