Abbreviation list extractor
Paste your manuscript text and get the abbreviations you defined, the ones you used without defining, and how often each is used.
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- Defined abbreviations (abbreviation, full form, later uses)
- Used without a definition (abbreviation, uses)
How it works
Columns are separated by tabs, so the list can be pasted into a table. An abbreviation used only once could be written in full instead.
Common abbreviations that need no definition (for example DNA) also appear in the second list; ignore them.
Worked example: "Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)" gives AMI = Acute myocardial infarction.
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Questions
How are definitions found?
A phrase followed by the abbreviation in brackets, for example "percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)", where the capitals match the first letters of the phrase.
Why is an abbreviation listed as undefined?
It appears in capitals without such a definition in the text you pasted. Define it at its first use, or spell it out.