PACS is an acronym with several meanings:

Medicine

  • Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome; see Long COVID
  • Partial anterior circulation stroke syndrome, the symptoms of a type of an ischemic stroke
  • Picture archiving and communication system, in medical imaging
  • Premature atrial contractions (plural)

Organizations and establishments

  • Pacte civil de solidarité, a form of civil union in France
  • Palo Alto Chinese School, Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Political action committees, groups organized to elect or defeat political candidates (plural)
  • Poorest Areas Civil Society Program (2001–2008), a defunct Indian social welfare program
  • Primary Agricultural Credit Society, co-operative credit institutions in India
  • Provisional Army of the Confederate States, of the Confederate States Army (American Civil War)

Physics and astronomy

  • Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme, developed by the American Institute of Physics
  • Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer, an instrument of the Herschel Space Observatory

Other

  • Primary airport control station, a survey marker established in the vicinity of an airport
  • Personal access control system. Gates, barriers and turnstiles that provide security for restricted areas on buildings and sites.
  • Cape Sarichef Airport (ICAO airport code), on Unimak Island of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
  • Peace and conflict studies, an academic field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors of social conflicts

See also

  • PAC (disambiguation)