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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).
suppository: SUV: standardized uptake value: Sux: Suxamethonium chloride (Succinylcholine) SV: seminal vesicle stroke volume: SVC: superior vena cava: SVD: spontaneous vaginal delivery simple vertex delivery SVE: sterile vaginal examination SVG: Saphenous vein graft SVI: systemic viral infection: SVN: small volume nebulizer SVR: systemic ...
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...
PR: prothrombin ratio p.r. per rectum (as noun: rectal examination) PRA: plasma renin activity: PRBC PRBCs: packed red blood cells: PREA: Pediatric Research Equity Act Preme: premature infant (see premature birth) Prep PrEP preparation pre-exposure prophylaxis [6] PRES: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome PRIND
A suppository is a solid dosage form that fits for rectal administration. In hospice care , a specialized rectal catheter , designed to provide comfortable and discreet administration of ongoing medications provides a practical way to deliver and retain liquid formulations in the distal rectum, giving health practitioners a way to leverage the ...
A suppository is a dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (any opening in the body), where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. There are three types of suppositories, each to insert into a different sections: rectal suppositories into the rectum , vaginal suppositories into the vagina ...
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").
A suppository, a solid drug delivery system inserted into the rectum, where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. A micro-enema , a small amount (usually less than 10 millilitres) of a liquid -drug solution injected into the rectum.