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Doctor of Medicine: MLA: Medical laboratory assistant: MT: Medical technologist: MLT: Medical laboratory technician MOH: Ministry of Health (various countries) MRCP: Membership of the Royal College of Physicians: MRCS: Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons: MRT: Medical radiation technologist MP: Medical psychologist: MPH Master of Public ...
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").
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 ...
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Use of abbreviations, such as those relating to the route of administration or dose of a medication, can be confusing and is the most common source of medication errors. [2] Use of some acronyms has been shown to impact the safety of patients in hospitals, and "do not use lists" have been published at a national level in the US. [4]
COX-1: cyclooxygenase 1: COX-2: cyclooxygenase 2: COX-3: cyclooxygenase 3: CP: cerebral palsy chest pain constrictive pericarditis: CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure: CPC: clinical–pathological conference CPCR: cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, a version of CPR: CPD: cephalopelvic disproportion: CPE: Clostridium perfringens ...
positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x number of weeks of pregnancy x/52: x number of weeks x/7: x number of days 18F-FDG: 18F-fluordeoxyglucose: 2° secondary 2/2: secondary ...
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 ...