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fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x number of weeks of pregnancy x/52: x number of weeks x/7: x number of days 18F-FDG: 18F-fluordeoxyglucose: 2° secondary 2/2: secondary to 3TC: lamivudine 5-FU: 5-fluorouracil 5 ...
A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, F x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture. [1]
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
lateral tibial plateau avulsion fracture with anterior cruciate ligament tear: internal rotation of the knee: Segond fracture at Who Named It? Shepherd's fracture: Francis J. Shepherd: fracture of the lateral tubercle of the posterior process of the talus: Shepherd's fracture at Mondofacto online medical dictionary Smith's fracture: Robert ...
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").
statement of medical necessity SMS: senior medical student SMT: spinal manipulative therapy: SMV: superior mesenteric vein: SN: student nurse skilled nursing SNB: sentinel node biopsy (ductal carcinoma) SNF: skilled nursing facility: SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss: SNP: sodium nitroprusside single nucleotide polymorphism: SNRI: serotonin ...
Calcaneal fracture; Catagmatic; Cervical fracture; Chalkstick fracture; Chance fracture; Chauffeur's fracture; Child bone fracture; Chopart's fracture–dislocation; Classification of distal radius fractures; Clavicle fracture; Clay-shoveler fracture; Coccyx fracture; Colles' fracture; Crus fracture; Cuboid fracture; Cuneiform fracture
medical student (MS-1, MS-2, MS-3, MS-4) mental status (see mental status examination) mitral stenosis multiple sclerosis: MS-AFP: maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein MSD: musculoskeletal disorder: MSDU: medical surgical day unit MSE: mental status examination: MSH: melanocyte-stimulating hormone: MSK: medullary sponge kidney musculoskeletal MSM ...