AKI

See also: aki, Aki, akí, Áki, akį, akı, Akı, āķī, āķi, and àkí

English

Noun

AKI (plural AKIs)

  1. (automotive) Abbreviation of anti-knock index.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of acute kidney injury.
    • 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland; Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 85:
      A single episode of AKI as defined by RIFLE criteria has been found to be associated with long-term mortality in proportion to severity of the insult.

Coordinate terms
  • (anti-knock index): MON (motor octane number), RON (research octane number)

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