Medical Abbreviations
Terms
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- diff
- differential count
- Aq.
- water (aqua)
- IV
- intravenous
- PA
- Physician assistant
- AROM
- active range of motion
- H&P
- history and physical
- LPN
- Licenced practitional nurse
- ADL
- acitivities of daily living
- IU
- international unit
- Vs, v.s.
- vital signs
- PT
- physical therapy
- NPO
- nothing by mouth
- AP
- anteroposterior
- OD
- right eye or overdose
- b.i.d.
- twice a day
- b.i.n.
- twice a night
- BSA
- body surface area
- UV
- ultraviolet
- OTC
- over the counter
- Pt
- Patient
- ENT
- Ear, nose and throat
- MRI
- magnetic resonance imaging
- AML
- acute myelogenous leukemia
- Noct.
- night
- AHF
- intihemophilic factor
- AMA
- American Medical Association
- CMV
- cytomegalovirus
- Sx
- symptoms
- ALL
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- RN
- registered nurse
- BP
- blood pressure
- CCU
- critical care unit
- GP
- General Practitioner
- LVN
- licenced vocational nurse
- DOB
- date of birth
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- Rx
- prescription
- rad
- radiation absorbed dose
- Bx, bx
- biopsy
- CS
- cesarean section
- F
- Fahrenheit
- po, PO
- by mouth
- CT, CAT
- computed tomography, computerized axial tomography
- ER
- Emergency Room
- ED
- Emergency department
- OB
- Obstetrics
- Dx
- diagnosis
- IM
- intramuscular
- p.r.n.
- as the occasion arises, as needed
- ARRT
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- Hx, hx
- history
- DOA
- dead on arrival
- ECG, EKG
- electrocardiogram
- t.i.d.
- three times a day
- CDC
- centers for disease control and prevention
- PE
- physical examination
- R
- respiration
- CBC
- complete blood count
- C
- celcius, centrigrade
- ad lib.
- freely as needed
- CA
- cancer, carcinoma
- ELISA
- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Gyn
- Gynecology
- T
- temperature, thoracic
- q.i.d.
- four times a day
- a.c.
- before meals (ante cibum)
- abd
- abdomen, abdominal
- stat.
- immediately (statim)
- ESR
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- ICU
- Intensive Care Unit
- OR
- operating room
- I & O
- intake and output
- ABO
- blood groups
- CXR
- chest x-ray
- AIDS
- aquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- DIC
- disseminated intravascular coagulation