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ID Infectious disease: IED Intermittent explosive disorder: IFAP syndrome Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia syndrome: IHA Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism: INAD Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy: IP Incontinentia pigmenti: IRD Infantile Refsum disease: IS Infantile spasm: ITP Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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.
This abbreviation is used in citations to indicate an unspecified number of pages following the specified page. Example: "see page 258ff." ibid. ibidem "in the same place" (book, etc.)" [1] The abbreviation is used in citations. Not to be confused with id. id. idem "the same" (man) [1]
AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "twice a day") bis ind. bis indies: twice a day bis in 7 d. bis in septem diebus: twice a week BM bowel movement: commonly used in the United Kingdom when discussing blood sugar. From BM Stix – the measurement sticks used for calculating blood sugar; BM being an abbreviation of Boehringer ...
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").
Abbreviation Meaning 131 I or I131: iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) IA: intra-arterial: intra-articular: IAA: insulin autoantibody IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump: IAI: intra-amniotic infection: IBC: inflammatory breast cancer: IBD: inflammatory bowel disease: IBS: irritable bowel syndrome: IC: ileocecal: immunocompromised ...
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Capillary blood glucose (British medical colloquialism originating from Boehringer Mannheim, a manufacturer of early glucose meters, today a part of Boehringer Ingelheim.) BMBx: Bone marrow biopsy: BMC: bone mineral content: BMD: bone mineral density (also termed bone mass measurement) BMI: body mass index: BMP: basic metabolic panel: BMR ...