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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 twice a day / twice daily bis in die gtt ...
before meals a.c.h.s., ac&hs ante cibum et hora somni: before meals and at bedtime a.d. auris dextra: right ear a single-storey a can be mistaken as an o which could read "o.d.", meaning right eye ad., add. adde addatur: add let there be added ad lib. ad libitum: Latin, "at one's pleasure"; as much as one desires; freely
Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) QALY: quality-adjusted life year: q.AM: every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem) q.d. every day (from Latin quaque die) q.d.s. four times each day (from Latin quater die sumendus) q.h. each hour (from Latin quaque hora) q.h.s.
after food (from Latin post cibum) after meals PCA: patient-controlled analgesia: PCa: prostate cancer: PCD: postconcussional disorder primary ciliary dyskinesia: Pcele: Pseudomeningocele: PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention: PCIOL: posterior chamber intraocular lens: PCKD Polycystic Kidney Disease: PCL: posterior cruciate ligament: PCN ...
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: Arg: arginine: ARM: artificial rupture of membranes (also abbreviated as AROM) ARMD: age-related macular degeneration: ARMS: alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma: AROM: active range of motion artificial rupture of membranes: ART: antiretroviral therapy assuming room temperature (that is, the patient has died ...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Ft foot; feet measure unit FUO fever of unknown origin G, g gram(s) GFR glomerular filtration rate GI gastrointestinal GVHD graft-versus-host disease: G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase GU genitourinary Gy gray H, h, hr hour(s) '/24' is generally used in some regions. Hb hemoglobin HCl
L. List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of medical abbreviations: D; List of medical abbreviations: E; List of medical abbreviations: F
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) : S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) : S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound