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  2. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms Diseases and disorders RA Rheumatoid arthritis: RAD Reactive airway disease: RIND Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit: RLF Retrolental fibroplasia: RLS Restless legs syndrome: RMDs Repetitive motion disorders: ROP Retinopathy of prematurity: RS Reye's syndrome: RSD Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: RTI Respiratory tract infection: RVF ...

  3. List of medical abbreviations: T - Wikipedia

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    transfer T/F: transfer TFR: tumor volume to fetal weight ratio TFTs: thyroid function tests: TGA: transposition of the great arteries: TG: triglycerides: TGL: triglycerides: Tg: thyroglobulin: TGF: tumor growth factor: TGV: transposition of the great vessels: T&H: type and hold (stay ready for blood transfusion) THR: total hip replacement: TI ...

  4. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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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").

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Ischemia or ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to any tissue, muscle group, or organ of the body, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive). [3] [4] Ischemia is generally caused by problems with blood vessels, with resultant damage to or dysfunction of tissue i.e. hypoxia and ...

  7. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. Acute coronary syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Data suggest that rapid triage, transfer and treatment is essential. [24] The time frame for door-to-needle thrombolytic administration according to American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines should be within 30 minutes, whereas the door-to-balloon percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) time should be less than 90 minutes.

  9. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviation Meaning h: hr / hours H: histamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) hemagglutinin: H x: history: HA ; H/A hypertonia arterialis headache calcium hydroxyapatite HAA: hepatitis-associated antigen or #History As Above HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy HACA: human anti-chimeric antibody: HACE: High-altitude cerebral ...