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Aortic regurgitation (AR), also known as aortic insufficiency (AI), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. As a consequence, the cardiac muscle is forced to work harder than normal.
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
AR: aortic regurgitation attributable risk: ARB: angiotensin II receptor antagonist: ARBI: alcohol-related brain injury (such as a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or alcohol-related dementia) ARC: AIDS-related complex ARD: absolute risk difference alcohol-related dementia: ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome: ARF: acute renal failure: ARFID
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
Term Description (notes) AC: Anterior chamber: fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium: AC 4/4: Grade 4 anterior chamber angle: open angle between cornea and iris AC 3/4: Grade 3 anterior chamber angle: AC 2/4: Grade 2 anterior chamber angle: AC 1/4: Grade 1 anterior chamber angle: AC 0/4: Grade 0 anterior chamber angle: closed ...
Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety (15th ed.). Warminster, PA, USA: Neil M Davis Associates. Warminster, PA, USA: Neil M Davis Associates. ISBN 978-0-931431-15-9 .
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).
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.