ab·bre·vi·a·tion 
(ə-brē′vē-āshən)
(ə-brē′vē-āshən)n.
1. The act or product of shortening.
2. A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.
- Polycleitus
- polyclinic
- Polyclitus
- polyclonal
- polyclonally
- polyconic projection
- polycyclic
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- polycystic
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- polycythemia
- polydactyl
- polydactylism
- polydactyly
- polydentate
- polydipsia
- polydipsic
- polyelectrolyte
- polyembryonic
- polyembryony
- polyene
- polyester
- polyesterification
- polyestrous
- polyether