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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.
The Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (often abbreviated as NAV) is a standardized nomenclature.It is made by World Association of Veterinary Anatomists (WAVA). It is used as the standard reference for anatomical terminology in the field of veterinary science regarding domestic mammals (domestic birds are regarded in the Nomina Anatomica Avium).
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).
Abbreviation Organization or personnel DC: Doctor of Chiropractic: DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery: DHB District Health Board (New Zealand) DI: Digital Imaging Technologist DMD: Doctor of Dental Medicine: DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice: DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: DoH: Department of Health (various countries) DNB: Diplomate of National ...
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
Veterinarian performing an intradermal test for allergy in a dog (2006) In many countries, the local nomenclature for a veterinarian is a regulated and protected term, meaning that members of the public without the prerequisite qualifications and/or license are not able to use the title.
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