Brazilian Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Abiogenesis
Spontaneous generation
Abiotic
Absence of living organisms.
ABM
Application Briefing Meeting
ABMA
American Boiler Manufacturers Association
ABMA
American Bearing Manufacturers Association
ABMT
Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation
ABPI
Association of The British Pharmaceutical Industry (United Kingdom)
ABRA
American Blood Resource Association
ABRF
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
ABS
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
A plastic material used to make pipe; based on combinations of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene; ABS is a relatively inert material and contributes little in the way of contamination to pharmaceutical water.
Absolute Configuration
The configuration of four different substituent groups around an asymmetric carbon atom, in relation to D- and L- glyceraldehyde.
Absolute Humidity
Absolute Purity Water
Water with a specific resistance of 18.3 megohm-cm at 25° C.
Absolute Rating
The diameter of the largest hard spherical particle that will pass through a filter under specified test conditions. An indication of the largest opening in the filter element. An absolute rating may be validated by a number of nondestructive tests.
Absorption
The process by which medications reach the blood stream when administered other than intravenously, for example, through nasal membranes.
Absorption
Assimilation of molecules or other substances into the physical structure of a liquid or solid without chemical reaction.
Absorption
The removal of a specific antigen or antibody from a sample (e.g., from serum) by adding the corresponding antibody or antigen.
Absorption
The transport of the products of digestion from the intestinal tract into the blood.
Abstraction
The separation of the logical properties of data or function from its implementation in a computer program.