Definition of "ACS"

ACS

proper noun
1. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Computer Society.
2. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Customs Service.
3. (Singapore) Initialism of Anglo-Chinese School.
4. (US) Initialism of American Cancer Society.
5. (US) Initialism of American Chemical Society.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural ACSs
1. (communication, electronics) Initialism of adjacent channel selectivity.
2. (medicine) Initialism of acute coronary syndrome.
  Quotations
  Traditionally, in an attempt to identify every patient with ACS presenting to the ED, clinicians often admit many patients with noncardiac causes of chest pain.
  2000, Eric J. Topol, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Third Edition, CRC Press, page 294
3. (medicine) Initialism of acute compartment syndrome.