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Some NAD is converted into the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), whose chemistry largely parallels that of NAD, though its predominant role is as a coenzyme in anabolic metabolism. In the name NAD +, the superscripted plus sign indicates the positive formal charge on one of its nitrogen atoms. A biological coenzyme ...
Abbreviation Meaning Nφ: Neutrophil: Na: sodium (from Latin natrium) NA: negative appendectomy NAAT: Nucleic Acid Amplification Test: NABS: normoactive bowel sounds NAC: n-acetyl cysteine NaCl sodium chloride (saline) NAD: no abnormality detected no apparent distress no appreciable disease (and many variations of the above) NAD + nicotinamide ...
Acronyms in healthcare; List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
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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).
NB: NAD: No abnormality detected (is frequently used but is not recommended) NCT: Non-contact tonometer ND: Neutral density filter NLP: No light perception No light perception is considered total visual impairment, or total blindness; see Visual impairment#Classification: NPC: Near point of convergence or no previous correction NRC
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.