Medical Abbreviations – Worksheet 1



Medical Abbreviations – Worksheet 1

Fill in the blank with the correct abbreviation for the definition provided.

1. abdominal _____________

2. before meals ___________

3. morning ________________

4. beats per minute _______

5. with ____________________

6. complains of____________

7. fracture ________________

8. gynecology_____________

9. human chorionic gonadotrophin

(pregnancy hormone) _____

10. intramuscular ___________

11. intravenous ____________

12. left ____________________

13. laboratory _____________

14. minute ________________

15. at _____________________

16. as desired _____________

17. before ________________

18. attention deficit disorder

_______________________

19. breast self exam ________

20. increase, up ___________

21. decrease, down _______

22. against medical advice

______________________

23. change ______________

24. positive, present ______

25. negative, absent _____

26. barium enema _______

27. twice a day __________

28. blood pressure _______

29. biopsy _______________

30. complete blood count ______

31. cervix, complains of ______

32. chronic obstructive pulmonary

disorder ________________

33. discharge ______________

34. dead on arrival __________

35. delirium tremens ________

36. diagnosis _____________

37. ear, nose, & throat ______

38. electrocardiogram ______

39. date of birth ___________

40. alcohol ________________

41. fasting glucose level _____

42. hematocrit ___________

43. hemoglobin ____________

44. estimated ______________

45. foot ___________________

46. gastrointestinal __________

47. history ________________

48. injection _______________

49. bedtime _______________

50. last menstrual period _____

Give the meaning of the following statements by defining the underlined word(s) or symbols.

51. The patient left the hospital AMA and(a the Doctor could give him the final Dx. _______________________________________________________________________________________

52. There was approx a 1 hr wait @ the GI clinic this am. _______________________________________________________________________________________

53. Due to the ↑ in Bob’s FBS, he now needs to take his medication a.c. and b.i.d. ______________________________________________________________________________________

54. Once she got the results of her HCG test, Janice set up her following prenatal appointments and was ready to undergo the GTT, the repetitive H & H and almost seemed excited about the L & D! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

55. Mary always c/o her ht and demanded to have FBW sent to the lab to see if her result might determine a ↓ growth hormone level ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

56. Because Sominex will make you sleepy, it is best to take it @ h.s. ______________________________________________________________________________________

57. Ralph felt that the IM inj for his flu shot shouldn’t have hurt as much as it did. _______________________________________________________________________________________

58. There was very little Δ in George’s overall chol level, but his HDL has ↑ and that made his BP go ↓ slightly. _______________________________________________________________________________________

59. Once Dr. Killum received the lab results from Harry’s C & S, CBC with diff., and the EKG – He told the assistant to schedule him for a bx asap. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

60. It was touch and go for Jack when he was detoxing from ETOH as he had severe a severe case of DTs. _______________________________________________________________________________________

61. Suzy was upset when she found she couldn’t finish her soccer season because of her ® ft fx. _______________________________________________________________________________________

62. Joan’s BW results showed a Δ in her FSH and since her LMP was more than 6 months ago, the GYN Dx her c menopause. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

63. In preparation for his yearly colonoscopy to screen for CA, Mike had to have a BE and then keep a record of his BM. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

64. When Phil strained his bicep, the Dr. told him to take ASA as tol and to apply ice bid. _______________________________________________________________________________________

65. John arrived c a CC of abd pain and was worried he would have to d/c his spicy food intake. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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