The phrase "abbreviated term" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a shortened version of a word or phrase that is commonly used in a specific context.
Example: "The acronym 'NASA' is an abbreviated term for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
Alternatives: "shortened term" or "condensed term".
Many, like a symbol for "Watsu," "an abbreviated term for water shiatsu," are so difficult to interpret that even the explanation doesn't help.
Mr. Putin is barred by the Constitution from serving a third consecutive term, but would be eligible to run again in 2012, or sooner, if the next president serves an abbreviated term.
Mr. Pepper, 61, who is more popular among employees but also considered less aggressive, originally beat out Mr. Jager for the chairman's job in 1995 only to cede it to him last year after a disappointing and abbreviated term.
Representatives of Morpheus, Grokster, Lime Wire, StreamCast and others are expected to discuss the legal tactics of the entertainment industry and to call on Congress to "stop record industry abuses" under the new rubric "P2P United," named for the abbreviated term for file sharing technology known as peer-to-peer.
As someone who grew up in an Irish Catholic family in Independence, Mo., in the 1960s — and as a target consumer of such books as this — I must frankly attest that I dived eagerly into Kelley's tribute to the perfectly groomed politician whom Tretick termed "A Very Special President" (the title of Tretick's photographic study of J.F.K.'s abbreviated term in office).
The yellow and green columns refer to a different set of entries, i.e., those that are represented by the full term the abbreviated term stands for.
Notes: *For abbreviations - see list of abbreviated terms in main text Patients had asthma of any severity.
*For abbreviations - see list of abbreviated terms in main text 'I haven't referred to my plan for a long time….
Term duplication has also been identified for abbreviated terms of which again only an excerpt will be presented in this paper.
The identified occurrences of duplication for abbreviated terms, considered by the abovementioned glossaries and working groups, are shown by several examples in Fig. 8.
Allie is updated monthly to include new abbreviated terms that are found in PubMed.
