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Total daily energy expenditure, or TDEE, is just jargon for what most of us know as metabolism. In simpler terms, it’s about understanding how your body burns energy throughout the day.
Resting metabolic rate generally composes 60 to 75 percent of TDEE. [1] Because adipose tissue does not use much energy to maintain, fat free mass is a better predictor of metabolic rate. A taller person will typically have less fat mass than a shorter person at the same weight and therefore burn more energy.
For example, both bid and b.i.d. may be found in the list. It generally uses the singular form of an abbreviation (not the plural) as the headword. This list uses significant capitalization for headwords (the abbreviations) and their expansions. [4]
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).
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: TMB: tumor mutational burden: TME: toxic metabolic encephalopathy TME: total mesorectal ...
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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.