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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").
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning p̄: after (from Latin post) [1] [letter p with a bar over it] pH Potential of Hydrogen - Acidity of a fluid : P: parturition (total number of live births)
This substance is used in the manufacture of methamphetamine and amphetamine, where it is commonly known as P2P. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Due to illicit drug labs using phenylacetone to make amphetamines, phenylacetone was declared a schedule II controlled substance in the United States in 1980. [ 4 ]
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...
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).
Acronyms Diseases and disorders BA Bronchial Asthma: BBS Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) : BEB Benign essential blepharospasm
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test)
Abbreviation Term Description (notes) AH Asteroid hyalosis AMD/ARMD Age-related macular degeneration ACG/CAG Angle closure glaucoma BDR Background diabetic retinopathy