Medical Abbreviations
Terms
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- t.i.d.
- Three Times a Day
- CS, C-section
- Cesarean Section
- LPN
- Licenced Practical Nurse
- I & O
- Intake and Output
- b.i.d.
- Twice a Day (Bis in Die)
- AMA
- American Medical Association
- GP
- General Practitioner
- ENT
- Ear, Nose, Throat
- IV
- Intravenous
- CA
- Cancer, Carcinoma
- IM
- Intramuscular
- b.i.n.
- Twice a Night (Bis in Noctis)
- ER
- Emergency Room
- Aq.
- Water (Aqua)
- ECG, EKG
- Electrocardiogram
- DOA
- Dead on Arrival
- CDC
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- ARRT
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- OTC
- Over the Counter (Drug that can be obtained without a prescription)
- po, PO
- By Mouth (Per Os)
- PA
- Physician Assistant; Posteroanterior
- LVN
- Licensed Vocational Nurse
- RN
- Registered Nurse
- Bx,bx
- Biopsy
- a.c.
- Before Meals (ante cibum)
- q.i.d.
- Four Times a Day (quarter in die)
- IU
- International Unit
- Noct.
- Night
- OR
- Operating Room
- BP
- Blood Pressure
- NPO
- Nothing by Mouth (Nil Per Os)
- PT
- Physical Therapy; Prothrombin Time
- p.r.n.
- As the Occasion Arises; As Needed (Pro re Nata)
- OB
- Obstetrics
- ad lib.
- Freely as Needed, At Pleasure (ad libitum)
- ICU
- Intensive Care Unit
- Rx
- Prescription
- ED
- Emergency Department
- C
- Celsius, Centigrade
- OD
- Right Eye (Oculus Dexter); Overdose
- GYN
- Gynecology