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Acceptable Terms or Abbreviation PDF
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OD Once daily
once a week once a week and specify the day in full, eg,
once a week on Tuesdays
three times a week three times a week and specify the exact days
in full, eg three times a week on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays
Stat Immediately
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Discontinue Discontinue
dil. dilute
Route of administration
Epidural Epidural
Intraarticular Intraarticular
IM Intramuscular
Intrathecal Intra-thecal
Intranasal intranasal
IV intravenous
Irrigation irrigation
Left left
NEB nebulised
NG naso-gastric
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PO oral
PV per vagina
PR per rectum
Right right
Subcut subcutaneous
Subling sublingual
Topica Topical
Sol solution
Syr syrup
lot. Lotion
G gram(s)
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unit(s) unit(s)
L litre(s)
Mg milligram(s)
mL millilitre(s)
% percentage
Mmol Millimole
Dose Forms
Cap Capsule
Cream Cream
Inj Injection
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Mixture Mixture
Pess Pessary
Powder Powder
Supp Suppository
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AV atrio-ventricular
BILAT Bilateral
BM bowel movement
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BP blood pressure
BS breath sounds
BVM bag-valve-mask
Brady bradycardia
Ca Calcium
CA Cancer
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CATH Catheter
CC chief complaint
CEPH Cephalic
CP chest pain
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Dx Diagnosis
DM Diabetes Mellitus
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ECG Electrocardiogram
EEG electroencephalogram
ET Endotracheal
ECHO echocardiogram
EF ejection fraction
ENDO Endoscopy
FB foreign body
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FLEX Flexion
Fx Fracture
FA Folic Acid
F Fahrenheit
G gram(s)
GI Gastrointestinal
GB gallbladder
GE gastroesophageal
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HTN Hypertension
Hx History
HCO3 Bicarbonate
HD hemodialysis
HF heart failure
Hx/O history of
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IV intravenous
K+ potassium
KA ketoacidosis
Kcal kilocalories
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LAT Lateral
LP lumbar puncture
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LV left ventricle/ventricular
lytes electrolytes
MR mitral regurgitation
Na+ sodium
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NS normal saline
NTG Nitroglycerine
NR non reactive
OB/GYN obstetrics/gynecology
O2 oxygen
P pulse
PALP Palpation
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PD peritoneal dialysis
pt Prothombin Time
Rx Medicine
RR Respiratory rate
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RA right atrium
Rh Rhesus
RV right ventricle/venticular
ST sinus tachycardia
S-A sino-atrial
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T4 thyroxine
TB tuberculosis
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VF ventricular fibrillation
VT ventricular tachycardia
Zn Zinc
+ positive
- negative
? questionable
~ approximately
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= equal
↑ upper (increased)
L left
R right
↓ lower (decreased)
1° primary
2° Secondary