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bilateral ventricular assist device (left and right) BK: bradykinin: BKA: below-the-knee amputation: b/l: bilateral BL: Burkitt's lymphoma: bl.cult: blood culture: bld: blood: BLE: Bilateral Lower Extremity (in/on both legs). BLS: basic life support: BM: bone marrow bowel movement breast milk
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).
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
Certain abbreviations are current within the profession of optometry. They are used to denote clinical conditions, examination techniques and findings, and various forms of treatment. They are used to denote clinical conditions, examination techniques and findings, and various forms of treatment.
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.
total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy: TAP: trypsinogen activation peptide TAPVR: total anomalous pulmonary venous return TAT: thematic apperception test TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation: TAVR: transcatheter aortic valve replacement: TB: tuberculosis: TBC: tuberculosis total body crunch TbEC: Enteric ...
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
Abbreviation Meaning U OSM: urine osmolality UA: urinalysis unstable angina U/A upon arrival UAE: Uterine Artery Embolization (synonym for Uterine Fibroid Embolization) UBT: urea breath test: UC: ulcerative colitis uterine contraction: UCHD: usual childhood diseases (see list of childhood diseases) UCTD: Undifferentiated connective tissue ...