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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).
Abbrev. Meaning Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin ; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...
Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome. CFS. Chronic fatigue syndrome. CGBD. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration. CH. Cluster headache. CHARGE syndrome. Coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retarded growth & or development, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities.
List of medical abbreviations: 0–9. Dx - Diagnosis, Sx - Symptoms, Fx - Fracture, Tx - Treatment, Hx - History S/b-seen by.
Medical device (such as hearing aids, for example) may be specified by a type of prescription. Off-label use – Use of pharmaceuticals for conditions different from that for which they were approved. Prescription analytics. Prescription charges – Charges for medical prescriptions on the UK NHS, and in Ireland.
laboratory (in health care, usually referring to clinical laboratory) LABA. long-acting beta agonist. LABBB. left anterior bundle branch block. Lac. laceration lactate. LAD. left anterior descending (a coronary artery) leukocyte adhesion deficiency left axis deviation (see electrocardiogram) lymphadenopathy.
Description (notes) AC. Anterior chamber. fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium. AC 4/4. Grade 4 anterior chamber angle. open angle between cornea and iris. AC 3/4. Grade 3 anterior chamber angle.