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General Terms Abbreviations used in Medical Field

Abbreviations AA CC A&W ACHES C/O C ADM ABG CO2 DNR DO D/C EDC AMA ALS DOA DOT EDD EGA DSM EOD ER F IQ H&P garg. ID HP H/O MCO HR HS IP IU ICU ML NKDA

Full Forms amino acid cubic centimeter, chief complaint, critical care alive and well Abdominal pain, chest pain, headaches, eye problems, severe leg cramps complains of, care of centigrade, celsius admission, admitted arterial blood gas carbon dioxide do not resuscitate disorder discontinue or discharge estimated date of confinement against medical advice (or American Medical Association) advanced life support dead on arrival or date of admission directly observed therapy estimated delivery date estimated gestational age Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Every other day emergency room fahrenheit intelligence quotient history and physical examination gargle infectious diseases history of present illness history of managed care organization heart rate or hour hour of sleep (bedtime) inpatient international units intensive care unit milliliter no known drug allergies

MG MVA OPD NTG O2 P Post-op PA or PT Pre-op PCP RF PPE RBC SX S STAT S/S T TPR USOH - h VSS VS WB WBC WNL

milligram motor vehicle accident outpatient department nitroglycerin oxygen pulse postoperative (after surgery) patient preoperative (before surgery) primary care physician risk factor personal protection equipment red blood cell symptoms without (sans) immediately signs and symptoms temperature temperature, pulse, respiration usual state of healt vital signs stable vital signs whole blood white blood cell within normal limits

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Abbreviations Related to Medical Latin Terms

Latin Word ante cibum auris dextra auris sinistra aures unitas bis die sumendum bolus

gutta hora somni nil per os

Omne Nocte oculus sinister

Abbreviations a.c. a.d., ad a.s., as, a.u., au, AU b.d.s, bds, BDS bol.

gtt., gtts h.s., hs n.p.o., npo, NPO

nocte o.s., os

Meaning before meals right ear Left ear Both ears 2 times a day as a large single dose (usually intravenously) drop at bedtime or half strength nothing by mouth or not by oral administration every night Left eye

oculus uterque post cibum ut dictum statim signa

o.u., ou p.c. u.d., ud Stat. Sig., S.

Right eye after food as directed immediately, with no delay directions

Abbreviations Commonly used in Prescription

Medical Prescription Term antibiotics before meals at will, as desired bis in dies (twice a day) capsule drop-liquid measurement 1, 2, 3, 4 maximum daily dose nothing by mouth oral contraceptive pill oral polio vaccine over the counter PC every 2 hours every 3 hours every evening every other day once every hour at bedtime four times a day once a day every morning penicillin per os ( recommended daily intake as needed prenatal vitamins prescription, treatment subcutaneous tablet three times a week

Abbreviation ABX AC Ad lib BID CAP GTT i,ii,iii,iv respectively MDD NPO OCP OPV OTC after meals q2h q3h qpm qod gjh qhs qid gd qam PCN PO RDI PRN PNV Rx SC TAB TIW

Abbreviations Related to Medical Tests and Procedures

Medical Test and Procedure Term abdominal x-ray foreign body bathroom privileges biopsy bone marrow transplant barium enema birth control blood alcohol content fine needle aspiration fecal occult blood testing external cephalic version chest x-ray cardiopulmonary resuscitation glucose tolerance test glucose loading test incision and drainage extracorporeal membrane oxygenation intramuscular electrocardiogram intake and output intravenous intrauterine pressure catheter in the laboratory/outside body in the body kidney, ureter, bladder electroconvulsive therapy oral glucose tolerance test pulmonary artery pressure; Papanicolaou test positive end expiratory pressure physical therapy type and cross tissue plasminogen activator (dissolve clots), total parenteral alimentation urinalysis ultrasound external radiation therapy emergency cardiac care

Abbreviation AXR FB BRP Bx BMT BE BC BAC FNA FOBT ECV CXR CPR GTT GLT I &D ECMO IM ECG I & O IV IUPC In vitro In vivo KUB ECT OGTT PAP PEEP PT T&C TPA UA US XRT ECC

Abbreviations Related to Diseases used in Medical Fields

Abbreviations ? A-D

Disease Alzheimer's Disease/ Attachment disorder Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency Agenesis of the corpus callosum Abdominal aortc aneurysm Aarskog?Scott syndrome Albinism, black lock, cell migration disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Acute coronary syndrome Atherosclerotic Cardio Vascular Disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) acid-fast acquired immune deficiency syndrome Antiphospholipid syndrome Alcohol-related birth defects Adult Refsum disease Alcoholic liver disease alcohol on breath Acute respiratory distress syndrome alert and oriented Anemia of chronic disease Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Age-related macular degeneration Acute myelogenous leukemia Acute lung injury Aldosterone-producing adenoma Adult onset diabetes mellitus Apraxia of speech Ankylosing spondylitis Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Atrial septal defect Acute systolic heart failure African sleeping sickness Ataxia-telangiectasia Arteriovenous malformations adult respiratory distress syndrome acute renal failure, acute rheumatic fever bipolar affective disorder

Abbreviation AD ACTH ACC AAA AAS ABCD syndrome ADHD ACS ACVD ALS AF AIDS APS ARBD ARD ALD AOB ARDS A&O AOCD ARND ALL ALS AND AML ALI APM AQDM AOS AS ASCVD ASD ASHF ASS A-T AVMs ARDS ARF BAD

bowel movement blood pressure Becker's muscular dystrophy Borderline personality disorder (often misattributed to bipolar disorder) Benign prostatic hyperplasia Bloom's syndrome Bovine spongiform encephalopathy cancer carotid artery bruit coronary artery bypass graft coronary artery disease chills, fever Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome congenital heart disease Congenital disorder of glycosylation chest pain chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive lung disease congestive heart failure complement fixation testing cystic fibrosis complete blood count Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration Cluster headache Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome Cholesteryl ester storage disease Congenital erythropoietic porphyria Chronic fatigue syndrome Chronic diastolic heart failure Congenital heart disease/ Congenital hip dysplasia/ coronary heart disease Chronic myelogenous leukemia Congenital insensitivity to pain Coronavirus disease 2019 Cerebral palsy Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease Central pontine myelinolysis cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Creutzfeldt?Jakob disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis Diabetes mellitus Diabetes insipidus Dementia with Lewy bodies Delayed sleep phase syndrome

BM BP BMD BPD BPH BS BSE CA CAB CABG CAD C/F CDGP CHD CDG CP COPD COLD CHF CFT CF CBC CGD CH CFIDS CESD CEP CFS CDHF CHD

CML CIP COVID-19 CP CPPSC CPDD CPM CVA CJD DMD Dx DM DI DLB DSPS

Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency Dissociative Identity Disorder Developmentally handicapped DiGeorge syndrome Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Degenerative joint disease Down syndrome Diastolic heart failure Dengue hemorrhagic fever deep tendon reflex deep venous thrombosis

E-I - Abbreviations

Disease Emotionally disturbed Erectile dysfunction estimated blood loss Ehlers?Danlos syndrome Excessive daytime sleepiness Eastern equine encephalitis Epstein-Barr virus eye contact early gastric cancer Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis Educable mentally handicapped Ebola Virus Disease Enteric coated acetylsalicylic acid Epidermal nevus syndrome fetal alcohol syndrome foreign body Familial spastic paraparesis forced expiratory flow FM - fetal movement Fetal scalp electrode Fragile X syndrome functional residual capacity fracture fetal heart rate Fibromuscular dysplasia follicle stimulating hormone growth hormone Group B Streptococcal disease gunshot wound glucose tolerance test

DRD DID DH DiG DISH DJD DS DHF DHF DTR DVT

Abbreviation ED ED EBL EDS EDS EQE EBV EC EGC EHK EMH EBV ECASA ENS FAS FB FSP FEF FM FSE FXS FRC FX FHR FMD FSH GH GBS GSW GTT

Group A Streptococcal disease growth hormone releasing hormone GA - gestational age Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome hemoglobin hepatitis D virus human immunodeficiency virus hypothalamic suppression test hypertension Hemagglutinin Type 1 and Neuraminidase Type 1 influenza Holmes?Adie syndrome Hereditary coproporphyria Huntington's disease Huntington's disease?like 2 Hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count syndrome inflammatory bowel disease inflammatory bowel syndrome Inclusion body myositis Infectious disease Intermittent explosive disorder intracranial pressure insulin dependent diabetes mellitus idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis intrauterine insemination intrauterine pregnancy in vitro fertilization intravenous immune globulin intravenous push

GAS GHRH GA HPS HB HDV HIV HST HT H1N1 flu

HAS HCP HD HDL - 2 HELLP syndrome

IBD IBS IBM ID IED ICP IDDM IPF IUI IUP IVF IVIG IVP

J-N ? Abbreviations

Disease juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Japanese encephalitis Juvenile Huntington's disease JC virus Kaposi sarcoma Kyasanur Forest disease leukocyte adhesion deficiency Lambert?Eaton myasthenic syndrome Lymphogranuloma venereum Klippel?Trenaunay?Weber syndrome Klippel?Trenaunay syndrome Landau?Kleffner syndrome

Abbreviation JRA JE JHD JCV KS KFD LAD LEMS LV KTWS KTS LKS

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