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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").
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).
Adolescence (from Latin adolescere 'to mature') is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority).
Meaning T: Thoracic Vertebrae. Testosterone. T x: Treatment: T3 Triiodothyronine: T4 Thyroxine: TA: temporal arteritis T&A: tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy: T&C: type and cross-match (see blood transfusion) T&S: type and screen (blood; e.g., to prepare for blood transfusion) Tab: Tablet (pharmacy) TAB Therapeutic abortion. Threatened abortion ...
Emergency Medical Service(s) EMU: early morning urine sample (being the most concentrated, generally used for pregnancy testing) Emul: emulsion: ENT: ear, nose, and throat (see otolaryngology) EOB: edge of bed EoL: End-of-life (adjective) EoLC: End-of-life care: EOM: extraocular muscles: EOMI: extraocular movements intact (see eye movement) EPCT
POV: Your teen says it all the time. But why? Everyone knows that “POV” is short for “point of view” to represent a first-person perspective but teens also use it in the second-person to ...
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Tangential speech or tangentiality is a communication disorder in which the train of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation. [1]