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Medical Abbreviations
Acronyms of Common Descriptors
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Undergraduate 1
07/12/2008
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Term
ABD
 Definition
ABDOMEN
Term
ABG
 Definition
ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
Term
ac
 Definition
BEFORE EATING
Term
ad lib
 Definition
AT THE DISCRETION OF
Term
AFP
 Definition
ALPHA-FETOPROTIEN
Term
AKA
 Definition
ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION
Term
ACLS
 Definition
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
Term
ASHD
 Definition
ATRHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
Term
BE
 Definition
BARIUM ENEMA
Term
bid
 Definition
TWICE DAILY
Term
BM
 Definition
BOWEL MOVEMENT
Term
BMR
 Definition
BASIL METABOLIC RATE
Term
BOM
 Definition
BILATERAL OTITIS MEDIA
Term
BP
 Definition
BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
BUN
 Definition
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
Term
bx
 Definition
BIOPSY
Term

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C

 Definition
WITH
Term
C&S
 Definition
SPUTUM CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
Term
CA
 Definition
CANCER
Term
CABG
 Definition
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
Term
CAD
 Definition
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Term
CBC
 Definition
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
Term
cc
 Definition
CHIEF COMPLAINT
Term
CHF
 Definition
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Term
CHO
 Definition
CARBOHYDRATES
Term
CNS
 Definition
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term
c/o
 Definition
with out
Term
COPD
 Definition
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Term
CPK
 Definition
CREATININE PHOSPHOKINASE
Term
CPR
 Definition
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSITATION
Term
CSF
 Definition
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
Term
CT
 Definition
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY
Term
CVA
 Definition
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
Term
CXR
 Definition
CHEST X RAY
Term
DAT
 Definition
DIET AS TOLERATED
Term
dc
 Definition
DISCONTINUE
Term
D&C
 Definition
DILATION AND CURRETTE
Term
DDx
 Definition
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Term
DM
 Definition
DIABETES MELLITUS
Term
DNR
 Definition
DO NOT RESUSITATE
Term
DVT
 Definition
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
Term
Dx
 Definition
DIAGNOSIS
Term
ECG
 Definition
ELECGTROCARDIOGRAM
Term
EAR
 Definition
NOSE AND THROAT
Term
FBS
 Definition
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
Term
f/u
 Definition
FOLLOW UP
Term
FUO
 Definition
FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
Term
fx
 Definition
FRACTURE
Term
GC
 Definition
GONORRHEA
Term
GI
 Definition
GASTROINTESTINAL
Term
GU
 Definition
GASTROURINARY
Term
GTT
 Definition
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
Term
HCT
 Definition
HEMATOCRIT
Term
Hgb
 Definition
HEMOGLOBIN
Term
HIV
 Definition
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
Term
HPI
 Definition
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
Term
hs
 Definition
HOUR OF SLEEP
Term
HTN
 Definition
HYPERTENSION
Term
Hx
 Definition
HISTORY
Term
I&D
 Definition
INCISION AND DRAINAGE
Term
I&O
 Definition
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
Term
IG
 Definition
IMMUNOGLOBULIN
Term
lytes
 Definition
ELECTROLYTES
Term
MI
 Definition
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Term
NG
 Definition
NASOGASTRIC
Term
NKA
 Definition
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
Term
NPO
 Definition
NOTHING BY MOUTH
Term
N/A
 Definition
NAUSEA AND VOMITTING
Term
p
 Definition
AFTER
Term
PE
 Definition
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Term
PT
 Definition
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Term
q
 Definition
EVERY
Term
prn
 Definition
AS NEEDED
Term
pt
 Definition
PATIENT
Term
RBC
 Definition
RED BLOOD CELLS
Term
R/O
 Definition
RULE OUT
Term
Rx
 Definition
TREATMENT
Term
S
 Definition
WITHOUT
Term
SOB
 Definition
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Term
STD
 Definition
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
Term
Sstat
 Definition
IMMEDIATLY
Term
Sx
 Definition
SYMPTOMS
Term
Tx
 Definition
TREATMENT
Term
UA
 Definition
URINALYSIS
Term
URI
 Definition
UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
Term
UTI
 Definition
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Term
VS
 Definition
VITAL SIGNS
Term
C/O
 Definition
COMPLAINS OF
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