Glossary of Common Definitions, Acronyms, and Fields
Architectural Medicine includes the integration of many different fields and professions.The following Glossary of Common Definitions, Acronyms, and Fields is provided to help navigate the sophisticated nomenclature in both the Architecture and Medical fields.
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- UMLS
- ACH
- ACHA
- ACOEM
- Active Solar
- Acute
- AEC
- AIA
- Allergen
- AMA
- Ambient Computing
- APA
- Archeoastronomy
- Architectural Doctor
- Architectural Medicine
- Architectural Psychology
- Architecture
- Asbestos
- Asbestosis
- ASHRAE
- Asthma
- Autoimmune Disease
- Autonomous Building
- Benign
- Big Data
- BIM
- Bioaerosols
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Biopsy
- BRI
- Building
- CAD
- CAD-CAM-CAE
- CAE
- CAM
- Cancer
- CDC
- CHR
- Chronic
- CNC
- Construction
- CT scan
- DICOM
- Digital architecture
- Disease
- DSM
- DT
- EBP
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- EHR
- EKG
- EMF
- EMR
- Epidemiology
- Epidermis
- Etiology
- EU-OSHA
- fMRI
- Geothermal
- Green
- Health
- HIMSS
- HIT
- Holistic
- HVAC
- Hydroelectricity
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
- IAQ
- ICD
- Immune System
- Inpatient
- Insulation
- IoMT
- IoT
- LCA
- Lesion
- Life Sciences
- LOINC
- Malignant
- MBD/DPD
- MCS
- Medical Imaging
- Medicine
- Mesothelioma
- Microbiology
- Mold
- MRI
- Mycotoxin
- Mycotoxins
- Neuromorphic Architecture
- NIH
- NIOSH
- NLM
- Nomenclature
- Noninvasive
- OSH
- OSHA
- OSI
- Outpatient
- PACS
- Parametric design
- Particulates
- Passive Solar
- Pathogenesis
- Pathogens
- Pathology
- Performance-Based Building Design
- Phenomenology
- PHR
- PLM
- Pollutants
- Public Health
- Photovoltaics
- Radiant Heating
- Renewable Energy
- Rewilding
- RxNorm
- SAD
- SBS
- SDoH
- Silicosis
- SIP
- SMART
- SNOMED
- Sociobiology
- Solar Collector
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Thermal Mass
- Thermography
- Timber Frame
- Tooltip
- Toxic Mold
- Toxicology
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Ultrasound
- Urban Sprawl
- VOC
- Wearables
- (WHO)
- Wind Power
- X-ray
- Zero-Energy Building