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Common Medical Abbreviations
Common Medical Abbreviations
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Health Care
Post-Graduate
07/12/2011
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Term

A.C

 

 

P.C

 Definition

BEFORE MEALS

 

 

AFTER MEALS
Term

BID

 

TID

 

QID

 Definition

TWICE DAILY

 

THREE TIMES DAILY

 

FOUR TIMES DAILY
Term
BM
 Definition
BOWEL MOVEMENT
Term
BP
 Definition
BLOOD PRESSURE
Term

c

 

s

 Definition

WITH

 

WITHOUT
Term
CBC
 Definition
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
Term
cc
 Definition
CUBIC CENTIMETRE/mL
Term
CHF
 Definition
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Term
COPD
 Definition
CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE
Term
CPR
 Definition
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Term
CSF
 Definition
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
Term
CVA
 Definition
CEREBRALVASCULAR ACCIDENT
Term
D & C
 Definition
DILATION AND CURRETTAGE
Term
Dx
 Definition
DIAGNOSIS
Term
DNR
 Definition
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
Term
DOB
 Definition
DATE OF BIRTH
Term

ECG

 

EEG

 Definition

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

 

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
Term
FB
 Definition
FOREIGN BODY
Term
FBS
 Definition
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
Term
Fx OR #
 Definition
FRACTURE
Term

GI

 

 

 Definition
GASTRO INTESTINAL
Term
GU
 Definition
GENITOURINARY
Term
GP
 Definition
GENERAL PRACTITIONER
Term
gtts.
 Definition
DROPS
Term
GYN
 Definition
GYNECOLOGIST
Term

h

 

h.s.

 Definition

HOUR

 

AT BEDTIME
Term
Hgb
 Definition
HEMOGLOBIN
Term
Hx
 Definition
HISTORY
Term
ICU
 Definition
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Term
I & O
 Definition
IN AND OUTS
Term
I & D
 Definition
INCISION AND DRAINAGE
Term

IM

 

IV

 Definition

INTRAMUSCULAR

 

INTRAVENOUS
Term

LLQ

 

LUQ

 

RLQ

 

RUQ

 Definition

LEFT LOWER QUADRANT

 

LEFT UPPER QUADRANT

 

RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT

 

RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
Term
LMP
 Definition
LAST MENSTRAL PERIOD
Term
MS
 Definition
MULITPLE SCLEROSIS
Term
NB
 Definition
NEWBORN OR IMPORTANT
Term
NKA
 Definition
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
Term

NPO

 

po

 Definition

NOTHING BY MOUTH "NIL PER OS"

 

BY MOUTH " PER OS"
Term
N & V
 Definition
NAUSEA AND VOMITTING
Term
OB
 Definition
OBSTETRICS
Term
pr
 Definition
PER RECTUM
Term
Px
 Definition
PHYSICAL EXAM
Term
q
 Definition
EVERY
Term
Q4H
 Definition
EVERY 4 HOURS
Term

QNS

 

QS

 Definition

QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT

 

QUANTITY SUFFICIENT
Term

RBC

 

WBC

 

 Definition

RED BLOOD COUNT

 

WHITE BLOOD COUNT
Term
R/O
 Definition
RULE OUT
Term
Rx
 Definition
PRESCRIPTION
Term
ROM
 Definition
RANGE OF MOTION
Term
ROS
 Definition
REVIEW OF SYSTEMS
Term
Rxn
 Definition
REACTION
Term
SOB
 Definition
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Term
STAT
 Definition
URGENT / IMMEDIATELY
Term
SC
 Definition
SUBCUTANEOUS
Term
TIA
 Definition
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
Term
T & A
 Definition
TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY
Term
TPR
 Definition
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATIONS
Term
U/A
 Definition
URINALYSIS
Term
UNG
 Definition
OINTMENT
Term

URI

 

UTI

 Definition

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION

 

URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Term
VS
 Definition
VITAL SIGNS
Term
WNL
 Definition
WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS
Term
Wt.
 Definition
WEIGHT
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