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make; let it be made f.h. fiat haustus: make a draught fl., fld. fluidus: fluid (usually meaning specifically liquid in health care) f.m. fiat mistura: make a mixture f. pil. fiat pilula: make a pill f.s.a. fiat secundum artem: make according to art ft. fiat: make; let it be made g, gm gram (modern SI symbol is g, not gm) garg. gargarisma ...
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 is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
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").
The information contained in the medical record allows health care providers to determine the patient's medical history and provide informed care. The medical record serves as the central repository for planning patient care and documenting communication among patient and health care provider and professionals contributing to the patient's care.
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AC: before a meal (from Latin ante cibum) AC: abdominal circumference assisted controlled ventilation acromioclavicular joint antecubital fossa: ACA: acinic cell carcinoma Affordable Care Act. anterior cerebral artery. ACB: aortocoronary bypass: AC&BC: air conduction and bone conduction, as in Weber test: Acc: accommodation (eye) ACCU: acute ...
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