BIOLOGY-SYMBOLS-ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF BIOLOGY SYMBOLS AND  BIOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS AND THEIR MEANING

The following list shows most commonly used symbols in biology and their meaning arranged in a alphabetical manner. 

  • A is a biology symbol for Androecium
  • A
  • Adenine
  • ABA
  • Abscisic acid
  • ATP
  • Adenosine triphosphate
  • Aa
  • Heterozygous dominant
  • AAAA
  • Autotetraploid
  • AABB
  • Allotetraploid
  • A
  • Angstrom ( = 0.0001 of a micron)
  • ADP  is a biological symbol for Adenosine diphosphate
  • ADA
  • Adenosine deaminase
  • AIDS
  • Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome
  • AMP
  • Adenosine mono phosphate
  • 1 Atmosphere
  • 76.00 cm of Hg=1.Olx 1O Pa.
  • ANS
  • Autonomic Nervous system
  • ACT
  • Acoustic test facility
  • ACTH
  • Adreno cortico trophic hormone
  • 5 Bro
  • 5 Bromo uracil
  • Br
  • Bracteate flower.Bacteriophage
  • BOD
  • Biochemical oxygen demand
  • C
  • Corolla
  • 1 dyne
  • 105N
  • CDP
  • Cytosine diphosphate
  • CTP
  • Cytosine triphosphate
  • CT
  • Calcitonin Hormone
  • Cyt
  • Cytochrome
  • Cp
  • Compare
  • CMP
  • Cytosine monophosphate
  • CVA
  • Cerebrovascular accident
  • CoA
  • Coenzyme A
  • C
  • Cystosine
  • COD
  • Chemical Oxygen demand
  • CIFRI
  • Central inland fisheries research institute
  • DNP
  • Deoxyribo nucleoproteins.
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  • DPD
  • Diffusion pressure deficit
  • DPT
  • Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus Vaccine
  • DNA
  • Deoxyribose nucleic acid
  • DPN
  • Diphosphopyridine nucleotide
  • EPR
  • Electro paramagnetic resonance
  • ECG
  • Electro cardiograph
  • EEG
  • Electro encephalograph
  • Ebr
  • Ebracteate
  • EMP
  • Embden. Meyerhof Parnas pathway
  • ELISA
  • Enzyme linked Immuno Sorbant
  • Epi Presence of epicalyx
  • ETS
  • Energy transfer system
  • ER
  • Endoplasmic reticulum
  • EM
  • Electron microscope
  • FSH
  • Follicle stimulating hormone
  • FAD
  • Flavin adenine dinucleotide
  • FMN
  • Flavin mono nucleotide
  • F2 -Second filial generation.
  • FADH2
  • Flavin idenine dinucleotide (reduced)
  • F1 -First Filial generation.
  • GMP
  • Guanosine monophosphate
  • GMF
  • Genetically Modified Foad
  • GMO
  • Genetically modified Organisms
  • GA
  • Gibberellic acid
  • G
  • Guanine
  • GH
  • Growth hormone
  • GTH
  • Gonadotrophic hormone
  • HCLV-.III
  • Human cell leukaemia virus III
  • HIV
  • Human immuno deficiency virus
  • ICSH
  • Interstitial cells stimulating hormone
  • IAA
  • Indole—3— acetic acid
  • ICRAF
  • International council for research in Agroforest
  • 1 Newton
  • 1 x 1O dynes
  • LH
  • Luteinising hormone
  • mRNA
  • Messenger Ribose Nucleic acid
  • 1 microgram
  • 10-6 gm
  • 1 microlitre (ml)
  • 1O_6 litre
  • 1 Micrometre (mm)
  • -lOm
  • MET
  • Magneto—encephlography
  • MSH
  • Melanocyte stimulating hormone
  • NMRI
  • Nuclear magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • NAD
  • Nicotinamide adeninedinucleotide
  • NADH2
  • Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced)
  • NAA
  • Naphthalene acetic acid.
  • n
  • Nanometre
  • oc
  • Oral Contraceptive
  • oPv
  • Oral Police Vaccine
  • PEPA
  • Phosphoenol pyruvic acid
  • Pstd
  • Pistillode
  • PSI’
  • Pigment system II
  • PAN
  • Peroxyacyl nitrate
  • PEM
  • Protein energy malnutrition
  • PPi
  • Inorganic Pyrophosphate
  • P
  • Perianth
  • PGA
  • Phosphoglyceric acid
  • PKU
  • Phenylketonuria
  • PS-I
  • Pigment system
  • PIH
  • Protein inhibiting hormone
  • PPLO
  • Pleuro pneumonia-like organisms
  • RH
  • Releasing hormone
  • RG
  • Regulator gene
  • RPF
  • Rehal Plasma flow
  • RUBP (RUDP)
  • Ribulose biophosphate