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The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
VE: vaginal examination (manual examination) VEB: ventricular ectopic beat: VED: Vacuum Erection Device VEE: Venezuelan equine encephalitis: VF V-fib: ventricular fibrillation: VFSS: videofluoroscopic swallow study: VH: visual hallucinations vaginal hysterectomy VHL: Von Hippel–Lindau disease: VIN: vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia VIR ...
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve its purposes through chemical action within or on the body (which would make it a drug).
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a "groundbreaking coating" that could make blood-contacting devices safer. Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu discusses the benefits.
Medical devices (7 C, 108 P) Diabetes-related supplies and medical equipment (22 P) Medical dressings (19 P) E. Emergency medical equipment (23 P) Endoscopes (4 P) I.
Children’s benefits are designed to provide necessities for eligible family members and help young people finish school. When a parent develops a disability or dies, Social Security benefits ...
pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words). (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
Benefits distributed to children do not decrease your own benefits. They may total up to one half of your own retirement benefit amount. However, the SSA imposes a family maximum of 150% to 180% ...