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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 ...
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).
Term Description (notes) A.d. As directed bd/bid Twice a day gt One drop gtt drops GSL General sales list Gutt/g Guttae (drops) Meds Medications Nocte/QHS At night Occ Ointment od/QD Once a day otc Over the counter (bought medication) P Pharmacy (drug) POM Prescription-only medicine prn When required q Every (e.g. q2h – every two hours) qds/qid
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
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").
BD: bipolar disorder twice a day (from Latin bis in die) BDD: body dysmorphic disorder: BDI: Beck Depression Inventory: BDS: two times a day (from Latin bis die sumendus) BE: barium enema base excess: BEAM: A type of high-dose chemotherapy used to treat lymphoma prior to a stem cell transplant BEP: bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin ...
OD: once daily (from Latin omne in die) [1] right eye (from Latin oculus dexter) overdose: occupational disease: ODC: ornithine decarboxylase OE: otitis externa: O/E: on examination: OFC: orbitofrontal cortex: OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test: OHL: oral hairy leukoplakia OHS: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: OHT: Orthotopic heart ...
The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology. Gonad – A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland [193] is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism.