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take (often effectively a noun meaning "prescription"—medical prescription or prescription drug) rep. repetatur: let it be repeated s. signa: write (write on the label) s.a. secundum artem: according to the art (accepted practice or best practice) SC subcutaneous "SC" can be mistaken for "SL," meaning sublingual. See also SQ: sem. semen seed ...
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 every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID
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").
Community Treatment Order (psychiatric term for forced drugging outside hospital context) CTP: cytosine triphosphate cytidine triphosphate Child–Turcotte–Pugh score clear to percussion: CTPA: computed tomographic pulmonary angiography: CTPE: CT scan for pulmonary embolii: CTR: carpal tunnel release: CTS: computed tomography scan Carpal ...
maximum medical improvement: MMK: Marshall–Marchetti–Kranz procedure MMM: moist mucous membranes Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia MMP: medical marijuana patient Medical Monitoring Project (of the US CDC) MMPI: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: MMR: measles, mumps, and rubella combined vaccination mismatch repair MMR-D
The 15 drugs accounted for $41 billion, or 14%, of total Medicare Part D spending between Nov. 1, 2023, and Oct. 1, 2024.
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 ...
Maria Menounos is opening up about the hurtful remark a close friend made after she decided to welcome a baby via surrogacy. The former "Access Hollywood" correspondent, 46, recalled on the "Women ...