Medical Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIIONS
THE ABBREVIATION AB MEANS ABNORMAL
THE ABBREVIATION abd MEANS ABDOMEN or ABDOMINAL
THE ABBREVIATION adm MEANS ADMISSION
THE ABBREVIATION AFIB MEANS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
THE ABBREVIATION AID MEANS ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION AIDS MEANS ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
THE ABBREVIATION AMI MEANS ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
THE ABBREVIATION ARD MEANS ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION ausc MEANS AUSCULTATION
THE ABBREVIATION B/A MEANS BACKACHE
THE ABBREVIATION BA MEANS BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
THE ABBREVIATION BID MEANS TWICE PER DAY
THE ABBREVIATION BK MEANS BELOW THE KNEE
THE ABBREVIATION BP MEANS BLOOD PRESSURE
THE ABBREVIATION BPH MEANS BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
THE ABBREVIATION BUN MEANS BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
THE ABBREVIATION Bx MEANS BIOPSY
THE ABBREVIATION CA MEANS CANCER
THE ABBREVIATION CABG MEANS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
THE ABBREVIATION CBC MEANS COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
THE ABBREVIATION CCU MEANS CORONARY CARE UNIT
THE ABBREVIATION CGL MEANS CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
or CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA
THE ABBREVIATION CHD MEANS CORONARY HEART DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION CHF MEANS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
THE ABBREVIATION CI MEANS CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY
THE ABBREVIATION c/o MEANS COMPLAINS OF
THE ABBREVIATION COLD MEANS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION CLD MEANS CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION CLL MEANS CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
THE ABBREVIATION CRF MEANS CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
THE ABBREVIATION C & S MEANS CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
THE ABBREVIATION CSF MEANS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
THE ABBREVIATION CT MEANS COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
THE ABBREVIATION CVA MEANS CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT or STROKE
THE ABBREVIATION CVD MEANS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION CVP MEANS CRITICAL VENOUS PRESSURE
THE ABBREVIATION CX MEANS CERVIX
THE ABBREVIATION D & C MEANS DILATION AND CURETTAGE
THE ABBREVIATION DM MEANS DIABETES MELLITUS or DIABETES
THE ABBREVIATION DOE MEANS DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
THE ABBREVIATION DPT MEANS DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS
THE ABBREVIATION D/S MEANS DEXTROSE IN SALINE or 5% DEXTROSE
THE ABBREVIATION E MEANS ENEMA
THE ABBREVIATION ECHO MEANS ECHOCARDIOGRAM or ECHOGRAM
THE ABBREVIATION EP MEANS ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
THE ABBREVIATION ex MEANS EXCISION
THE ABBREVIATION FBS MEANS FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
THE ABBREVIATION FHR MEANS FETAL HEART RATE
THE ABBREVIATION Fx MEANS FRACTURE
THE ABBREVIATION GRAV I MEANS FIRST PREGNANCY
THE ABBREVIATION hgb MEANS HEMOGLOBIN
THE ABBREVIATION HNP MEANS HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS or HERNIATED DISK
THE ABBREVIATION H & P MEANS HISTORY AND PHYSICAL
THE ABBREVIATION HVD MEANS HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION I & D MEANS INCISION AND DRAINAGE
THE ABBREVIATION I & O MEANS INTAKE AND OUTPUT
THE ABBREVIATION IVP MEANS INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM
THE ABBREVIATION K MEANS POTASSIUM
THE ABBREVIATION L & A MEANS LYMPH NODES AND ADENOIDS and LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
THE ABBREVIATION LAC MEANS LACERATION
THE ABBREVIATION LBP MEANS LOWER BACK PAIN
THE ABBREVIATION LMP MEANS LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
THE ABBREVIATION LUE MEANS LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY or LEFT UPPER ARM
THE ABBREVIATION MS MEANS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
THE ABBREVIATION MTD MEANS RIGHT EAR DRUM or MEDIAL TYMPANUM DEXTRO
THE ABBREVIATION MTS MEANS LEFT EAR DRUM or MEDIAL TYMPANUM SINISTER
THE ABBREVIATION Na MEANS SODIUM
THE ABBREVIATION NG MEANS NASOGASTRIC
THE ABBREVIATION NPO MEANS NOTHING BY MOUTH or NON PER OS
THE ABBREVIATION N & V MEANS NAUSEA AND VOMITING
THE ABBREVIATION opt MEANS OUTPATIENT
THE ABBREVIATION OS MEANS LEFT EYE or OCULUS SINISTER
THE ABBREVIATION P & A MEANS PERCUSSION AND AUSCULTATION
THE ABBREVIATION PG MEANS PREGNANT
THE ABBREVIATION PID MEANS PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
THE ABBREVIATION prn MEANS AS NEEDED or PRO RE NATA
THE ABBREVIATION pt MEANS PATIENT
THE ABBREVIATION PVC MEANS PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
THE ABBREVIATION Px MEANS PROGNOSIS
THE ABBREVIATION q MEANS EVERY
THE ABBREVIATION QID MEANS FOUR TIMES PER DAY or QUATER IN DIE
THE ABBREVIATION RA MEANS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
THE ABBREVIATION RDS MEANS RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
THE ABBREVIATION R & R MEANS RATE AND RHYTHM
THE ABBREVIATION SDAT MEANS SENILE DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER'S TYPE
THE ABBREVIATION sig. MEANS LABEL
THE ABBREVIATION SM MEANS SIMPLE MASTECTOMY
THE ABBREVIATION SS MEANS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
THE ABBREVIATION STAT MEANS IMMEDIATELY
THE ABBREVIATION STS MEANS SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR SYPHILIS
THE ABBREVIATION SUI MEANS STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE
THE ABBREVIATION Sx MEANS SYMPTOMS
THE ABBREVIATION T MEANS TEMPERATURE
THE ABBREVIATION T & A MEANS TONSILLECTOMY and ADENOIDECTOMY
THE ABBREVIATION THR MEANS TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
THE ABBREVIATION TNM MEANS TUMOR NODES METASTASES
THE ABBREVIATION TURP MEANS TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE
or TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATE RESECTION
THE ABBREVIATION UA MEANS URINALYSIS
THE ABBREVIATION ULQ MEANS UPPER LEFT QUADRANT
THE ABBREVIATION URI MEANS UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
THE ABBREVIATION UTI MEANS URINARY TRACT INFECTION
THE ABBREVIATION WBC MEANS WHITE BLOOD CELL