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Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
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).
Abbreviation Meaning F x: fracture: FA: Fanconi anemia: FAMMM syndrome: familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome: FANA: fluorescent antinuclear antibody test FAP: familial adenomatous polyposis: FAST: focused assessment with sonography for trauma: FB: foreign body: FBC: Family Birth Center full blood count: FBE: full blood exam: FBG ...
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The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
The sodium salt faropenem sodium, available under the trade name Farom, has been marketed in Japan since 1997. ( CID 636379 from PubChem ) The prodrug form faropenem medoxomil [ 4 ] (also known as faropenem daloxate ) has been licensed from Daiichi Asubio Pharma by Replidyne , which plans to market it in conjunction with Forest Pharmaceuticals.
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Abbreviation Meaning B x: biopsy: Ba: barium: BAC: blood alcohol content: BAD: bipolar affective disorder: BADLs: basic ADLs basic activities of daily living: BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage British anti-Lewisite blood alcohol level: BAO: basic acid output: BAT: brown adipose tissue: BAV: bicuspid aortic valve: BBA: bilateral breast augmentation ...