CAPS Medical Abbreviation: Meanings & What It Stands For

CAPS can stand for several medical terms:

- Calcium and parathyroid hormone studies: Also known as calcium panel in which a person's blood is checked for total calcium levels,ionized calcium levels, vitamin D levels, parathyroid hormone, albumin, magnesium, and other electrolytes

- Child or Adolescent Psychiatric Services: Services designed to specifically support and treat those between the ages of 5-12

- Complex Atypical Partial Seizures: A subtype of epileptic seizures

- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy: A rare genetic, neurological conditions associated with dementia, psychiatric illness, stroke and neurodegeneration at a relatively young age