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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).
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.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Sortable table Abbreviation 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)
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrients for those who cannot, or will not—due to reduced mental states or otherwise—consume food or water by mouth.
intermittent needle therapy IO: intraosseous infusion: I&O: input/intake and output: IODM: infant of diabetic mother IOL: induction of labor: intraocular lens: IOP: intra-occular pressure: IP: interphalangeal joint: iPSCs: induced pluripotent stem cells: IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: IPG: Implantable Pulse Generator: IPH
to keep (vein) open for IV therapy TKR: total knee replacement: TKVO: to keep vein open TLA: three letter acronym TLC: total lung capacity, or total lymphocyte count TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy: TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy TLR: tonic labyrinthine reflex: TLS: tumor lysis syndrome: TM: tympanic membrane: TMA: thrombotic microangiopathy ...
Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT) is a microsomal glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) that catalyzes the transfer of the glucuronic acid component of UDP-glucuronic acid to a small hydrophobic molecule. This is a glucuronidation reaction. [2] [3] Alternative names: glucuronyltransferase; UDP ...