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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.
Laziness (also known as indolence or sloth) is emotional disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include " couch potato ", " slacker ", and " bludger ".
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").
every other day mistaken for "QD," AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "every other day") q.q. quaque: every; [11] each q.q.h. quater quaque hora: every 4 hours q.s. quantum sufficiat (subjunctive), quantum sufficit (indicative), quantum satis: as much as suffices; a sufficient quantity q.s. a.d add up to q.v. quantum volueris [or]
Acronyms Diseases and disorders BA Bronchial Asthma: BBS Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) : BEB Benign essential blepharospasm
every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) (deprecated; use "every other day" instead. See the do-not-use list) QOF: Quality and Outcomes Framework (system for payment of GPs in the UK National Health Service) q.o.h. every other hour q.s. as much as suffices (from Latin quantum satis or quantum sufficit) qt: quart: q.v. which see (from ...
Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (another name for enterohemorrhagic E. coli) STEMI: ST elevation myocardial infarction: STH: somatotropic hormone: STI: sexually transmitted infection soft tissue injury: STN: Subthalamic nucleus soft tissue neck: STNR: Symmetrical tonic neck reflex: STOP: surgical termination of pregnancy (sometimes ...
continuous veno-venous hemofiltration, a short-term alternative to Hemodialysis: c/w: consistent with CWP: coal worker's pneumoconiosis: Cx: microbiological culture: Cx: complication: Cx: cervix: CXR: chest x-ray (chest radiograph)