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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.
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 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).
r/r/w: rales, rhonchi, wheezes (lung sounds) RS cell: Reed–Sternberg cell: RSB: Right sternal border RSI: rapid sequence induction: RSV: respiratory syncytial virus: R/t: related to RT: radiotherapy respiratory therapy reverse transcriptase: RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction RTA: renal tubular acidosis: RTC
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test)
Stedman's Medical Dictionary is a medical dictionary developed for medical students, physicians, researchers, and medical language specialists. Entries include medical terms , abbreviations , acronyms , measurements , and more.
simplified acute physiology score SAPS III: simplified acute physiology score SAR: seasonal allergic rhinitis sub-acute rehabilitation facility Sarc: sarcoidosis: SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome: SB: small bowel (see small intestine) SBE: subacute bacterial endocarditis: SBFT: small bowel follow through: SBMA: spinal and bulbar muscular ...
Family medical history FOH: Family ocular history F/U: Follow up appointment GH: General health G(M)P: General (medical) practitioner HA: Headaches HARC: Harmonious abnormal retinal correspondence HM: Hand motion vision – state distance Hx: History IOL: Intra-ocular lens IOP: Intra-ocular pressure ISNT: Inferior, Superior, Nasal, Temporal