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Meaning D S : diagnosis: D5: 5% dextrose: D25: 25% dextrose injections D4T: stavudine: D5W: 5% dextrose in water - IV fluids for intravenous therapy: d: day(s) DA: dopamine: DAEC: diffusely adherent Escherichia coli: DAF: decay accelerating factor: DAI: diffuse axonal injury: DALY: disability-adjusted life year: DAPT: dual anti-platelet therapy ...
Intravenous sugar solution. Intravenous sugar solution, also known as dextrose solution, is a mixture of dextrose (glucose) and water. [1] It is used to treat low blood sugar or water loss without electrolyte loss. [2] Water loss without electrolyte loss may occur in fever, hyperthyroidism, high blood calcium, or diabetes insipidus. [2]
Abbrev. Meaning Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin ; a.c. before meals: ante cibum 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).
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").
Vitamin D 5. sitocalciferol. (made from 7-dehydrositosterol) Several forms (vitamers) of vitamin D exist, with the two major forms being vitamin D 2 or ergocalciferol, and vitamin D 3 or cholecalciferol. [ 1 ] The term 'vitamin D' refers to either D 2 or D 3, or both, and is known collectively as calciferol.
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) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x ...
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.