Medical Abbreviations
Abbreviations | Descriptions |
|---|---|
Abd | Abdominal |
Abd | Abduction |
Add | Adduction |
ADM | Abductor digiti mini |
AE | Above Elbow |
AK | Above Knee |
APB | Abductor Pollicis Brevis |
APL | Abductor Pollicis Longus |
AROM | Active Range of Motion |
BE | Below Elbow |
ATF | Anterior Talofibular |
BK | Below Knee |
BLE or (B)LE | Bilateral Lower Extremity |
BUE or (B)UE | Bilateral Upper Extremity |
CA | Cancer |
CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graph |
CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
CMC | Carpometacarpal |
CNS | Central Nervous System |
COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
DF | Dorsiflexion |
DI | Dorsal Interossei |
DIP | Distal Interphalangeal |
DRUJ | Distal Radialulnar Joint |
ECRB | Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis |
ECRL | Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus |
EDC | Extensor Digitorum Communis |
EDM | Extensor Digiti Minimi |
EI | Extensor Indicis |
EPB | Extensor Pollicis Brevis |
Epl | Extensor Pollicis Longus |
Ev or Eve | Eversion |
ER | External Rotation |
Ext | Extension |
FCR | Flexor Carpi Radialis |
FCU | Flexor Carpi Ulnaris |
FDM | Flexor Digiti Minimi |
FDP | Flexor Digitorum Profundous |
FDS | Flexor Digitorum Superficialis |
Flex | Flexion |
FPB | Flexor Pollicis Brevis |
FPL | Flexor Pollicis Longus |
GB | Gallbladder |
GH | Glenohumeral |
HAV | Hepatitis A virus or Hallux Abductorvalgus |
HBV | Hepatitis B |
IM | Intramuscular |
Inv | Inversion |
IP | Inpatient -or- interphalangeal |
IR | Internal Rotation |
L - (L) | Left |
LCL | Lateral Collateral Ligament |
LE | Lower Extremity |
LT | Lunotriquetral |
LLQ | Left Lower Quadrant |
LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant |
m or mm | Muscle |
MCL | Medial Collateral Ligament |
MCP | Metacarpophalangeal |
MTP | metatarsophalangeal |
n. | Nerve |
NG | Nasogastric |
ODM | Opponens Digiti Minimi |
OI | Osetogenesis Imperfecta |
OP | Opponens Pollicis or Outpatient |
OA | Osteoarthritis |
PCL | Posterior Cruciate Ligament |
PI | Palmar Interossei |
PIP | Poromial Interphalangeal |
PL | Palmaris Longus |
PQ | Pronator Quadratus |
PROM | Passive Range of Motion |
PRUJ | Proximal Radioulnar Joint |
PT | Physical Therapist or Pronator Teres or Prothrombin Time |
PTA | Physical Therapist Assistant |
PTF | Posterior Talofibular |
R or ® | Right |
RC | Radiocarpal |
RCL | Radial Collateral Ligament |
RD | Radial Deviation |
RHD | Right Hand Dominant |
ROM | Range of Motion |
SPT | Student Physical Therapist |
SPTA | Student Physical Therapist Assistant |
TKA | Total Knee Arthoplasty |
TMJ | Temporomandibular Joint |
UCL | Ulnar Collateral Ligament |
UD | Ulnar Deviation |
UE | Upper Extremity |
UMN | Upper Motor Neuro |
UG | Upper Gastrointestinal |