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  2. Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID

  3. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  4. List of medical abbreviations: P - Wikipedia

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    Past medical history (see also medical history) PSI: Pneumonia severity index: PSP: phenylsulphtalein: PSS: progressive systemic sclerosis (see scleroderma) PSVT: paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: PT: prothrombin time physical therapy (physiotherapy) Pt. patient (from Latin patiens, meaning "one who endures" or "one who suffers") PTA

  5. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Family medical history FOH: Family ocular history F/U: Follow up appointment GH: General health G(M)P: General (medical) practitioner HA: Headaches HARC: Harmonious abnormal retinal correspondence HM: Hand motion vision – state distance Hx: History IOL: Intra-ocular lens IOP: Intra-ocular pressure ISNT: Inferior, Superior, Nasal, Temporal

  6. Chief complaint - Wikipedia

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    The chief complaint, formally known as CC in the medical field, or termed presenting complaint (PC) in Europe and Canada, forms the second step of medical history taking. It is sometimes also referred to as reason for encounter (RFE), presenting problem, problem on admission or reason for presenting.

  7. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

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    A primary care physician is usually the first medical practitioner contacted by a patient because of factors such as ease of communication, accessible location, familiarity, and increasingly issues of cost and managed care requirements. In many countries residents are registered as patients of a (local) family doctor and must contact that ...

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  9. List of medical abbreviations: 0–9 - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x ...