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no known allergies: NKDA: no known drug allergies: NL: normal NLP: no light perception (highest degree of blindness) NM: nuclear medicine: NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance: NNH: number needed to harm: NNT: number needed to treat: NO: nitric oxide: No. number NOF: neck of femur fracture (refers to hip fracture) NOMI: nonocclusive mesenteric ...
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).
Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) ALD Alcoholic liver disease: ALI Acute lung injury: ALL Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia: ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: AMD Age-related macular degeneration: AML Acute myelogenous leukemia: AN Anorexia nervosa: AOCD
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.
L. List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of medical abbreviations: D; List of medical abbreviations: E; List of medical abbreviations: F
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neurone disease ('MND), Lou Gehrig's disease or Charcot disease advanced life support: ALT: alanine transaminase: altern. d. every other day (from Latin alterno die) AMA: advanced maternal age (often defined as 35 years or greater) against medical advice antimitochondrial antibody American ...
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: AAD: American Association of Dermatology: AADGP: American Academy of Dental Group Practice: AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians: AAIN: American ...