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Professional Development
Abbreviations M-L
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Medical
Graduate
07/16/2009
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Term
MD
 Definition
medical doctor
Term
mets
 Definition
metasteses
Term
MG
 Definition
myasthenia gravis
Term
MI
 Definition
myocaridal infarction; mitral insufficiency
Term
MRI
 Definition
magnetic resonance imaging
Term
MVP
 Definition
mitral valve prolapse
Term
NIDDM
 Definition
non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
Term
NPO, npo
 Definition
nothing by mouth (nulla per os)
Term
NSAID
 Definition
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
Term
02
 Definition
oxygen
Term
OA
 Definition
osteoarthritis
Term
OB-GYN
 Definition
obstetrics and gynecology
Term
od
 Definition
once a day
Term
OR
 Definition
operating room
Term
PDR
 Definition
physicians desk reference
Term
PET
 Definition
positron emission tomography
Term
PH
 Definition
past history
Term
PMH
 Definition
past medical history
Term
PMS
 Definition
premenstrual syndrome
Term
PNS
 Definition
peripheral nervous system
Term
PO, po
 Definition
orally, by mouth
Term
prn
 Definition
as required
Term
pt.
 Definition
patient
Term
PT, pro time
 Definition
prothrombin time
Term
PT
 Definition
physical therapy
Term
PVC
 Definition
premature ventricular contraction
Term
PVD
 Definition
peripheral vascular disease
Term
q
 Definition
every
Term
qd
 Definition
every day (quaque die)
Term
qh
 Definition
every hour
Term
qid
 Definition
four times a day
Term
R, rt
 Definition
right
Term
RBC
 Definition
red blood cell/(count)
Term
RN
 Definition
registered nurse
Term
R/O
 Definition
rule out
Term
ROM
 Definition
range of motion
Term
RT
 Definition
radiation therapy
Term
RUQ
 Definition
right upper quadrant
Term
RV
 Definition
right ventricle
Term
Rx
 Definition
prescription, treatment, therapy
Term
s
 Definition
without
Term
S1, S2, etc.
 Definition
first sacral vertebra, second sacral vertabra, etc.
Term
SA
 Definition
sinoatrial (node)
Term
SAH
 Definition
subarachnoid hemorrhage
Term
SD
 Definition
shoulder disarticulation
Term
SIDS
 Definition
sudden infant death syndrome
Term
SLE
 Definition
systemic lupus erythematosus
Term
SOB
 Definition
shortness of breath
Term
SOP
 Definition
standard operating procedure
Term
stat
 Definition
immediately
Term
STDs
 Definition
sexually transmitted diseases
Term
Sx
 Definition
signs, symptoms
Term
T1, T2, etc.
 Definition
first thoracic vertebra, second thoracic vertebra, etc.
Term
T&A
 Definition
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Term
THA
 Definition
total hip arthroplasty
Term
THR
 Definition
total hip replacement
Term
TIA
 Definition
transient ischemic attack
Term
tid
 Definition
three times a day
Term
TKA
 Definition
total knee arthroplasty
Term
TMJ
 Definition
temporomandibular joint
Term
TKR
 Definition
total knee replacement
Term
TPN
 Definition
total parenteral nutrition
Term
TPR
 Definition
temperature, pulse, respiration
Term
ULQ
 Definition
upper left quadrant
Term
URI
 Definition
upper respiratory infection
Term
URQ
 Definition
upper right quadrant
Term
UTI
 Definition
urinary tract infection
Term
UV
 Definition
ultraviolet
Term
VD
 Definition
venereal disease
Term
vsd
 Definition
ventricular septal defect
Term
VT
 Definition
ventricular tachycardia
Term
WBC
 Definition
white blood cell/(count)
Term
adip/o
lip/o
steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
cutane/o
dermat/o
derm/o
 Definition
skin
Term
hidr/o
sudor/o
 Definition
sweat
Term
ichthy/o
 Definition
dry, scaly
Term
kerat/o
 Definition
horny tissue; hard; cornea
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
onycho/o
ungu/o
 Definition
nail
Term
pil/o
trich/o
 Definition
hair
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
Term
seb/o
 Definition
sebum, sebacceous
Term
squam/o
 Definition
scale
Term
xen/o
 Definition
foreign, strange
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
nas/o
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
sept/o
 Definition
septum
Term
sinus/o
 Definition
sinus, cavity
Term
adenoid/o
 Definition
adenoids
Term
tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx
Term
epiglott/o
 Definition
epiglottis
Term
laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
Term
trache/o
 Definition
trachea
Term
bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchus
Term
bronchiol/o
 Definition
bronchiole
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
alveolus
Term
pneum/o
pneumon/o
 Definition
air, lung
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
pleur/o
 Definition
pleura
Term
anthrac/o
 Definition
coal, coal dust
Term
atel/o
 Definition
incomplete, imperfect
Term
coni/o
 Definition
dust
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
lob/o
 Definition
lobe
Term
orth/o
 Definition
straight
Term
ox/o
ox/i
 Definition
oxygen
Term
pector/o
steth/o
thorac/o
 Definition
chest
Term
phreno/o
 Definition
diaphragm, mind
Term
spir/o
 Definition
breathe
Term
-capnia
 Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
-osmia
 Definition
smell
Term
-phonia
 Definition
voice
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
-thorax
 Definition
chest
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad; difficult; painful
Term
eu-
 Definition
good; normal
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid
Term
aneurysm/o
 Definition
widening/widened blood vessel
Term
angi/o
vascul/o
 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
arteriol/o
 Definition
arteriole
Term
atri/o
 Definition
atrium
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
Term
embol/o
 Definition
plug
Term
hemangi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
phleb/o
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
sphygm/o
 Definition
pulse
Term
sten/o
 Definition
narrowing; stricture
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
Term
ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
Term
rhinoplasty
 Definition
reconstructive surgery of the nose
Term
pleurectomy
 Definition
excision of part of the pleural, usually pariety
Term
pneumectomy
 Definition
excision of lung or lobe (lobectomy)
Term
septoplasty
 Definition
surgical repair or deviated nasal septum
Term
thoracentesis
 Definition
surgical puncture and drainage of the pleural cavity...aka pleurocentesis or thoracocentesis
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