Definition of AMA

AMA: The American Medical Association. The AMA's
mission statement proclaims:
"We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession.
"We are the partnership of physicians and their professional
associations dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine
and the betterment of public health.
"We serve the physicians and their patients by establishing
and promoting ethical, educational, and clinical standards for the
medical profession and by advocating for the highest principle of
all--the integrity of the physician/patient relationship."

Definition of African-American

African-American: See: African American.

Definition of African American

African American: An American of black African descent. The term may also be written with a hyphen as African-American.
The term entered into usage largely starting in 1988, when the Rev. Jesse Jackson held a news conference to urge Americans to use it to refer to blacks. African American has largely supplanted black in health matters. For example, "Breast cancer tumors in African-American women are more aggressive than tumors in white women."
The term has been a subject of debate, in part because it is ambiguous. It might be limited to Africans who have immigrated to America or to people born to one African and one American parent. Some have argued that the term African American should refer only to the descendents of slaves brought from Africa to America.
From a scientific viewpoint, the term African-American makes absolutely no sense. Most genetic evidence now supports an African origin for all humans on earth. Thus, everyone living in the Americas today is, properly speaking, African American.

Definition of ACP (American College of Physicians)

ACP (American College of Physicians): See: American College of Physicians.

Definition of AAO

AAO: 1. Alert and oriented.
2. American Association of Ophthalmology, a professional organization.
3. American Academy of Otolaryngology, a professional organization.
4. American Association of Orthodontists, a professional organization.
5. Amino acid oxidase, an enzyme.