Glossary of terms

Australian Army Medical Corps

Artium Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Arts

Aberdeen

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Companion, Order of Australia

Dame of the Order of Australia; Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)

Aide-de-camp

Army Dental Corps (now RADC)

Ad eundem gradum (to the same degree — of the admission of a graduate of one university [or institution] to the same degree at another without examination)

Member of the Order of Kinabalu (Malay: Ahli Darjah Kinabalu)

Admiral

Accident and Emergency

Allied Expeditionary Air Force

Army Emergency Reserve

Air Force Cross

Air Force Medal

Australian General Hospital

Area Health Authority

Army Headquarters

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Australian Imperial Force

Knight of the Order of Australia

Associate of King’s College, London

Member of the Order of Australia; Artium Magister, Master of Arts

Australian Medical Association

Australian Military Forces

Army Medical Services

Anatomy; Anatomical

Anonymous; Anonymously

Australian National University

Officer of the Order of Australia

Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts

Assistant

Accredited Statistitian

born

Bachelor of Arts

Baccalaureus Artis Obstetricae, Bachelor of Obstetrics

British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons

British Army of the Rhine (formerly on the Rhine)

British Association of Oral Surgeons

British Association of Plastic Surgeons

Baronet

St Bartholomew's Hospital

British Broadcasting Corporation

Baccalaureus Chirurgiæ, Bachelor of Surgery

Baccalaureus Chirurgiæ, Bachelor of Surgery

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Baccalaureus Chirurgiæ, Bachelor of Surgery

Bachelor of Civil Law

British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Bachelor of Divinity

British Dental Association

Bachelor of Dental Science

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Bachelor of Dental Science

British Expeditionary Force

Bachelier ès Lettres, Bachelor of Arts

British Empire Medal

Bachelier ès Sciences, Bachelor of Sciences

British Heart Foundation

Birmingham

Bachelor of Law; British Library

Bachelor of Letters

Baccalaureus Medicinæ, Bachelor of Physic

British Medical Association

Bachelor of Medical Science

British Military Hospital

British Medical Journal

British Paediatric Association

British Red Cross Society

Brigadier

Brussels

Bachelor of Surgery

Bachelor of Science

Baronet

British United Provident Association

British West Indies

circa (about)

Cambridge

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Cantabrigiensis (of Cambridge)

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Captain

Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Companion of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of Canada

Casualty Clearing Station

Certificate of Completion of Training

Church of England

Chief Executive Officer

Companion of Honour

Chaplain

Chirurgiæ Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Surgery

Chirurgiæ Magister, Master of Surgery

Chairman or Chairwoman

Church of Ireland

Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Chirurgiæ Magister, Master of Surgery; Member of the Order of Canada

Canadian Medical Association

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

Commander of the Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

Chief Medical Officer

Church Missionary Society

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Company; County

Commanding Officer

Colonel

Command

Commander of the Order of the Niger

Co-operative

Corporation; Corporal

Corresponding Member

Chief of Staff

Cape Province

College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Continuing Professional Development

Campaign to Protect Rural England (formerly Council for the Protection of Rural England)

Crown Prosecution Service

Cancer Research Campaign

Cancer Research United Kingdom

Church of Scotland

Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Chief Scientific Officer

Commander of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem

Computerised Tomography

Cambridge University

Cambridge University Press

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

died

Diploma in Anaesthetics

Diploma of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

District of Columbia

Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath

Diploma of Community Child Health

Doctor of Surgery

Diploma in Child Health

Doctor of Civil Law

Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Dame Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Doctor of Divinity

Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Doctor of Dental Science

Defense Distinguished Service Medal

deceased

Docteur en Médicine

Deputy

Distinguished Flying Cross

Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning

Distinguished Flying Medal

Diplomate Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Director-General Army Medical Service

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Director General of Medical Services

Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

District Health Authority

Doctor honoris causa

Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries

District Headquarters

Department of Health and Social Security

Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Doctor of Hygiene

Diploma in Industrial Health

Diploma in Bacteriology

Diploma in Medicine

Dame of Justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Deputy Lieutenant

Doctor of Literature; Doctor of Letters

Diploma in Laryngology and Otology

Doctor Medicinæ, Doctor of Physic

Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medical Science

Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence

Dame of Merit of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Diploma in Medical Radiology

Diploma in Medical Radio Diagnosis

Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology

Diploma in Medical Radiotherapy

Director of Medical Services

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Dictionary of National Biography

Diploma in Ophthalmology

Diploma in Obstetrics

Department of Health

Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery

Diploma in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons

Dental Postgraduate Diploma

Diploma in Public Health

Doctor of Philosophy

Diploma in the Philosophy of Medicine

Diploma in Physical Medicine

Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine; Diploma in Psychological Medicine

Diploma in the Philosophy of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries

Doctor

Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Doctor of Odontology

Doctor of Science

Distinguished Service Cross

Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great

Distinguished Service Medal

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Department of Social Security

Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem; Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Diploma in Tropical Hygiene

Diploma in Thoracic Medicine; Diploma in Tropical Medicine

Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Dublin

Durham

eldest

European Association for Cancer Research

European Association for the Study of Diabetes

European Community; European Commission

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

Electrocardiogram

Efficiency Decoration

edited

Edinburgh

Edition

European Economic Community

Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Electroencephalogram

Emergency Medical Service

England

Ear, Nose and Throat

Executive Officer

European Society of Cardiology

European Union

Extinct; External

Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy

Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow of the American College of Cardiology

Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians

Fellow of the American College of Dentistry

Fellow of the Australian College of Dental Surgeons

Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Fellow of the American College of Physicians

Fellow of the American College of Radiology

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Fellow of the American Heart Association

Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of India

Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences of India

Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association

fascicule

Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Fellow of the Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the British Academy

Fellow of the British Medical Association

Fellow of the British Optical Association

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists (South Africa)

Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians

Fellow of the Caribbean College of Surgeons

Fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine

Fellow of the College of General Practitioners

Faculty of Community Medicine

Fellow of the College of Medicine of South Africa

Fellow of the South African College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Follow of the College of Ophthalmologists

Fellow of the College of Pathologists

Fellow of the College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons

Fellow of the College of Physicians, South Africa

Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Obstetricians, South Africa

Fellow of the College of Radiologists of Australia

Fellow of the Chemical Society

Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa

Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka

Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Fellow of the Royal College of Urologists (South Africa)

Fellow in Dental Surgery

Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Fellow of the European Board of Urology

Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology

Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists

Fellow of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists (South Africa)

Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine

Fellow of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Fellow of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners of the Royal College of Surgeons

Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management

Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

Fellow of the Faculty of Oral Pathology, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons

Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists

Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Fellow of the Geological Society

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Surgeons

Fellow of the International Academy of Cytology

Fellow of the International College of Dentists

Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Fellow of the Institute of Biology

Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry

Fellow of the International College of Dentists

Fellow of the Iraqi Commission for Medical Specialisations

Fellow of the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the International College of Surgeons

Fellow of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine

International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Fellow of the Institute of Biology

Fellow of King’s College

Fellow of King’s College Hospital Medical School

Fellow of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland

Fellow of the Linnean Society

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Fellow of the Medical College in Surgery

Fellow of the Medical Society

Fellow of the New Zealand Medical Association

Field Officer; Flying Officer

Fellow of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia

Family Planning Association

Faculty of Public Health

Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada

Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand

Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry

Fellow of the Royal Medical Society

Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society

Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

Fellow of the Royal Veterinary College

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

Fellow of the South African College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Sri Lankan College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Fellow of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Fellow of the Statistical Society

Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons

Fellow of the Zoological Society

Great Britain

Knight or Dame of the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

George Cross

Knight or Dame of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Knight of the Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Grand Cross of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Order Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great

Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St George

Bailiff or Dame of the Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

General Dental Council

General

General Headquarters

Gastrointestinal

Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’s (Medical and Dental School of King’s College London)

Greater London Authority

Glasgow

Greater London Council

George Medal; genetically modified

General Medical Council

Grand Officer of Merit of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Governor

Government

General Practitioner

Health Authority

Harvard

honoris causa (honorary)

Higher Dental Diploma

Honourable East India Company

His or Her Highness, Holiness

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

His or Her Majesty

His or Her Majesty’s Australian Ship

His or Her Majesty’s Hospital Ship

His or Her Majesty’s Ship

His (Her) Majesty’s Stationery Office

House of Commons

House of Lords

Honorary; Honourable

Honours in a university examination

House physician

Health Protection Agency

Headquarters

Human Resources

His or Her Royal Highness

House surgeon

Ireland

Indian Army Medical Corps

ibidem (in the same place)

in charge; in command

Imperial Chemical Industries

International Committee of the Red Cross

Imperial Cancer Research Fund

Imperial College School of Medicine

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

International Labour Office; International Labour Organization

Imperial

Indian Medical Service

Institute

Intelligence Quotient

Irish Republican Army

Island(s)

International Society for Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery

Imperial Service College, Haileybury; Indian Staff Corps

Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination

Imperial Service Order; International Organization for Standardization

in vitro fertilisation

junior common room

Doctor of Jurisprudence

Justice of the Peace

junior

junior

King’s African Rifles

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire

King's Counsel

Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of Magisterial Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (conferred from 1815-1837); King’s College Hospital

Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander of Justice of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

King’s College London

Knight Commander of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great

Knight Commander with Star of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Knight of Grace of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order

King’s Honorary Dental Surgeon

King’s Honorary Physician

King’s Honorary Surgeon; Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Kaiser-i-Hind

Knight of Justice of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

Knight of Justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

King’s Light Infantry, Shropshire Regiment

Knight of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Knight of Malta

Knight of the Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

Knight of Merit of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

King's Own Scottish Borderers

Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick

Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great

Knight of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

Knight of the Order of St Sylvester

Knight Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Knight Bachelor

Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin

London Borough Council

London County Council

Licentiate in Surgery

Licentiate Certified Physician and Surgeon

Licentiate in Dental Surgery

Local Defence Volunteers

Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons

Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter

Lieutenant

Literature; Literary

Doctor of Literature; Doctor of Letters

Literæ Humaniores, the Honours Course in Classics at Oxford

Doctor of Literature; Doctor of Letters

Liverpool

Licentiate of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland

Bachelor of Laws

Doctor of Laws

Licentiate in Midwifery

Local Medical Committee

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

Licentiate in Midwifery, Coombe Hospital, Dublin

Licentiate in Midwifery of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital

Licentiate in Medicine

Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians

Licentiate in Midwifery of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries, London

London

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Licentiate of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons

Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

London Symphony Orchestra

Licentiate in Sanitary Science

Licentiate in Sanitary Science

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant General

married

Master of Arts; military assistant

Metropolitan Asylums Board

Major General

Manitoba

Magister Artis Obstetricæ, Master of Obstetrics

Bachelor of Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Member of the British Council of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Military Cross; Master of surgery

Marylebone Cricket Club

Member in Clinical Community Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons

Master of Surgery

Master of Surgery

Master in Orthopaedic Surgery

Member of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Member of the College of Ophthalmologists

Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons

Doctor of Medicine

Master of Dental Science

Master of Dental Surgery

Master of Dental Science

Medical Defence Union

Middle East Command

Medical Licentiate

Melbourne

Member of the European Parliament

Member of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Member of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons

Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

Member of the Faculty of Public Health

Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Member of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Member in General Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons

Master of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Michigan

Military

Ministry

Member and Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London

Master of Letters

Military Medal

Master in Medical Education

Master in Medical Science

Master in Medical Law

Mass Miniature Radiography

Master of Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries

Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)

Motor Neurone Disease

Medical Officer

Ministry of Defence

Moderations, the intermediate examination of the Arts Degree at Oxford

Medical Officer(s) of Health

Member in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons

Member of Parliament

Master of Public Health

Member of the Pharmaceutical Society; Medical Protection Society

Member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Master of Radiology

Medical Research Council

Member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Member of the Royal College of Physicians

Member of the Royal College of Pathologists

Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Master of Research

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Member of the Royal Institute of Chemistry

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Member of the Royal Society of Medicine

Master of Surgery; Multiple Sclerosis

manuscript, manuscripts

Member of the Society of Apothecaries

Master of Science

Mount; Mountain

Maha Vir Chakra

Member of the Royal Victorian Order

north

the final honours degree examinations in science at Oxford

National Health Service

National Health Service University

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly National Institute of Clinical Excellence, then National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)

National Institutes of Health (US)

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Nishan-e-Pakistan

National Physical Laboratory

New South Wales

National University of Ireland

New York

New Zealand

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

New Zealand Territorial Force

Medal of the Order of Australia

old age pensioner

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

officer commanding

Officer of the Order of Canada

Officer Cadet Training Unit

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

officer in charge

Order of Merit

Oblate of Mary Immaculate

Officer of the Order of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

Ontario

Order of New Zealand

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom

Officers’ Training Corps

Oxford University; Open University

Oxford University Press

Oxford

Oxoniensis (of Oxford)

page, pages

Personal Assistant; Pakistan Army

Privy Councillor

Primary Care Trust

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Education

Pennsylvania

Positron Emission Tomography

Private Finance Initiative

Philosophiæ Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy

Public Health Laboratory Service

Physical

pinxit (he painted it)

Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board

public limited company

President of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board

Principal Medical Officer

Peninsular and Oriental

Post Office

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Population

Prisoner of War; Prince of Wales’s

Past President

Province of Quebec

Order of Polonia Restituta (Order of Rebirth of Poland)

President of the Royal College of Physicians

President of the Royal College of Surgeons

President

Public Relations Office; Public Records Office

President of the Royal Society

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Prince of Wales’s Own

Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service

Queen’s Counsel

Queen’s Honorary Dental Surgeon

Queen’s Honorary Physician

Queen’s Honorary Surgeon

Queensland

Quarterly

Quartermaster General

Queen’s University, Belfast

Queen's University of Ireland

Queen’s or Royal University of Ireland

quod vide (which see)

Reserve

Royal Academy; Royal Academician

Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

Royal Australian College of Ophthalmology

Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Royal Army Dental Corps

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Association

Royal Air Force Medical Services

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Royal Army Medical Corps

Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Naval Reserve

Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Opthalmologists

Royal British Legion

Roman Catholic

Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Royal College of General Practitioners

(Member of) the Royal College of Music

Royal Canadian Navy; Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Physicians of London

Royal College of Pathologists

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Royal College of Physicians in Ireland

Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal College of Radiologists

Royal College of Surgeons

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Reserve Decoration

Rural or Urban District Council

Rear Admiral

Royal Engineers

Research Excellence Framework

Regiment

Reverend; Review

Royal Field Artillery

Royal Flying Corps

Reserve Force Decoration

Royal Free Hospital

Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow

Royal Garrison Artillery

Regional Hospital Board —

Royal Highland Fusiliers

Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Military College Sandhurst

Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh

Resident Medical Officer; Regimental Medical Officer

Royal Medico-Psychological Association

Royal Navy

Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Royal New Zealand Navy

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

(Fellow of the) Royal Institute of Painters in Oils

Royal Postgraduate Medical School

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Photographic Society

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Royal Red Cross

Royal Scottish Academy

Royal Society of Edinburgh

Royal Society of Medicine

Royal Society for Public Health

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Royal Tank Regiment

Right Reverend

Royal University of Ireland

Royal Veterinary College

(Member of the) Royal Watercolour Society

Scientific Advisory Committee

South African Medical Corps

Special Air Service

Doctor of Science

School

South-East Asia Command

South-East Asia Treaty Organization

State Enrolled Nurse; Special Educational Needs

Senior Optime, the 2nd Class in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge

Sheffield

Senior House Medical Officer

Senior House Officer

Society of Jesus (a Jesuit father in the Catholic Church)

Senior Medical Officer

Scottish National Party

Society

Special Operations Executive

Society of Occupational Medicine

Senior Principal Medical Officer

Squadron

State Registered Nurse

Steamship

St Andrews

Surgeon

Territorial Force

Territorial Army

Territorial Army Association

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

Tuberculosis

Trinity College, Dublin

Territorial Decoration

Territorial Force

Transport for London

Territorial Force Reserve

Trained medically

Toronto

Translation; Translated

the final honours degree at Cambridge

Trained surgically

University of the Third Age

United Arab Emirates

University College

University College Dublin

University College Hospital (London)

University College London

University of California at Los Angeles

University College London Hospital

Universities Funding Council

United Kingdom

United Kingdom Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research

United Nations

United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation

University

United Nations Organization

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

United Nations Relief and Works Agency

United States

United States of America

United States Army Air Forces

United States Air Force

United States Agency for International Development

United States Army Reserve

University of Wales College of Medicine

versus (against)

vide (see)

Voluntary Aid Detachment VC

Victoria Cross

Volunteer Officers’ Decoration; Venereal Diseases

Venerable

Viceroy (of India’s) Honorary Surgeon

Vice Admiral

Victoria University of Manchester

Very Important Person

Viscount

Volume; Voluntary; Volunteers

Vice President

Volunteer Reserve

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers’ Decoration

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

Wing Commander

World Health Organization

West Indies

Witwatersrand

Women’s Land Army

World Medical Association

Women’s Royal Naval Service

World Trade Organization

Young Men's Christian Association

years

Young Women’s Christian Association