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OM osteomyelitis: otitis media: om: every morning (from Latin omni mane). Generally written in lowercase. OME: otitis media with effusion (fluid in the inner ear without other symptoms) OMS Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: on: every night (from Latin omni nocte). Generally written in lowercase. O/N: overnight OOB: out of bed OP: outpatient ...
The definition of osteomyelitis (OM) is broad, and encompasses a wide variety of conditions. Traditionally, the length of time the infection has been present and whether there is suppuration ( pus formation) or osteosclerosis (pathological increased density of bone ) are used to arbitrarily classify OM. Chronic OM is often defined as OM that ...
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).
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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.
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").
Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS), also known as opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia (OMA), is a rare neurological disorder of unknown cause which appears to be the result of an autoimmune process involving the nervous system.
Unlike OM of the long bones, hematogenous OM in the bones of the jaws is rare. OM of the jaws is mainly caused by spread of adjacent odontogenic infection. The second most common cause is trauma, including traumatic fracture and usually following a compound fracture (i.e. one that communicates with the mouth or the external environment).