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Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) CAD Coronary artery disease: CADASIL: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy CAP Community acquired pneumonia: CAPA COVID-19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis CAPD
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").
This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...
EMF: endomyocardial fibrosis: EMG: electromyography: EMLSCS: emergency lower segment Caesarean section: EMS: Emergency Medical Service(s) EMU: early morning urine sample (being the most concentrated, generally used for pregnancy testing) Emul: emulsion: ENT: ear, nose, and throat (see otolaryngology) EOB: edge of bed EoL: End-of-life (adjective ...
medical surgical day unit MSE: mental status examination: MSH: melanocyte-stimulating hormone: MSK: medullary sponge kidney musculoskeletal MSM: men who have sex with men MSMW men who have sex with men and women: MSO 4: morphine sulfate (Do not use this abbreviation. Write out the name. Per the do-not-use list.) MSOF: multisystem organ failure ...
assuming room temperature (that is, the patient has died) assisted reproductive technology: ARVC: arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: ARVD: arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: AS: aortic stenosis atherosclerosis ankylosing spondylitis: ASA: acetylsalicylic acid American Society of Anesthesiologists (physical status class) ASB
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal ...
found on floor (patient fell out of bed) FOP Fibrousdysplasia ossificans progressiva FOS: full of stool FOOSH: fall on outstretched hand FP: Family Planning: FPG: fasting plasma glucose: FRDA: Friedreich's ataxia: FROM: full range of motion: FSBS: finger-stick blood sugar (one method of blood glucose monitoring) FSE: fetal scalp electrode: FSGS