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Terminology Abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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ABG | artierial blood gases |
ACTH | adenocorticotrophic hormone (hormone sectred by anterior lob of pituitary gland) |
ADH | antidiuretic hormone (decreases formation of urine) |
AFB | acid-fast bacillus (rod-shaped micororganism not readily decolorized by acids) |
ant | anterior |
AP | anteroposterior |
APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time (measure intrinsic pathway of coagulation) |
BE | barium enema (intraluminal contrast agent) |
BMI | body mass index |
BMR | basal metabolic rate |
BUN | blood urea nitrogen (blood; chief nitrogenous constituent of urine; gaseous chemical) |
Bx, bx | biopsy |
C&S | culture and sensitivity (organism causing illness; medicine/antibiotic to treat illness) |
C&T | crossmatch and type |
CBC | completed blood count |
CK | creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme); conductive keratoplasty (corneal grafting) |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
CRP | C-reactive protein |
CSF | cerebro spinal fluid |
CT | computed tomography (a computerized x-ray scanning/produces a sectional anatomic image) |
CXR | chest x-ray; chest radiograph |
DI | diabetes insipidus (excessive elimination of dilute (watery) urine); diagnostic imaging |
DKA | diabetic ketoacidosis (acidosis caused by an accumulation of ketone bodies) |
DM | diabetes mellitus |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid (biological instructions that make each species unique) |
DSA | digital subtraction angiography (computer to investigate arterial blood circulation) |
Dx | diagnosis |
ECG | electrocardiogram |
ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
EMG | electromyography (electrical activity of selected skeletal muscle groups) |
ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (following injection of a) radiopaque material into the papilla of Vater |
ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
FBS | fasting blood sugar |
FS | frozen section |
FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone (stimulates maturation of the ovarian follicles in women) |
GB/GBS | gallbadder series |
GH | growth hormone |
GTT | glucose tolerance test |
Hb | hemoglobin |
HbA1c | glycated hemoglobin (average plasma glucose concentration over prolonged periods of time) |
HBV | hepatitis B virus |
Hct | hematocrit |
HDL | high-density lipoprotein |
HIV | human immumodeficiency virus |
HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
I&D | incision and drainage |
INR | international normalized ratio (pt blood is tested to determine its level of anticoagulation) |
IV-GTT | intravenous glucose tolerance test |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram (radiopaque material is given intravenously); intravenous pyelography |
K | potassium |
KUB | kidney, ureter (tube carries urine) and bladder |
LAT, lat | lateral |
LDH | lactic dehydrogenase (enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of lactate) |
LDL | low-density lipoprotein |
LH | luteinizing hormone (produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary) |
LLQ | left lower quadrant |
LP | lumbar puncture |
LS | lumbosacral (P2 lumbar vertebrates and the sacrum) spine |
LUQ | left upper quadrant |
MCH | mean cell hemoglobin |
MCHC | mean cell hemoglobin concentration |
Mg | magnesium |
mg/dl, mg/dL | milligrams per deciliter |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging (behaviour of protons when placed in powerful magnetic fields to make images) |
MSH | melancyte-stimulating hormone |
Na | sodium |
NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
NPH | neutral protamine Hagedorn (intermediate-acting insulin given to help control the blood sugar) |
O&P | ova and parasite |
OB | occult blood; obstetrics |
P | phosphorus; pulse |
Pap | papanicolaou test |
PBI | protein-bound iodine |
PCO2 | partial pressure of carbon dioxide |
PET | positron emission tomography (reconstruction of brain sections by using PET) |
PFT | pulmonary function test |
PGH | pituitary growth hormone |
post | posterior |
PRL | prolactin (hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland) |
PSA | prostate-specific antigen (protein made by the cells of the prostate gland) |
PT | prothrombin time; physical therapy |
PTH | parathyroid hormone |
PTT/aPTT/APTT | partial thromboplastin time (the time needed for plasma to clot after the addition of partial thromboplastin) |
RAI | radioactive iodine |
RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
RBC | red blood cell |
RF | rheumatoid factor; radio frequency |
RLQ | right lower quadrant |
RUQ | right upper quadrant |
S&A | sugar and acetone |
SBF | small bowel follow-through |
SGOT | serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase |
SGPT | serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase |
sono | sonogram (the record obtained by the use of ultrasonography) |
SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomography |
Sx | symptoms |
T&S | type and screen |
T3 | triiodothyronine (thryroid hormone) |
T4 | thyroxine |
TFT | thyroid function test |
TSH | thyroid stimulating hormone |
Tx | treatment |
U&L, U/L | upper and lower |
UA | urinalysis |
UGI | upper gastrointestinal series |
US | ultrasound; ultrasonic |
VDRL | venereal disease research laboratory |
VMA | vanillylmandelic acid test (VMA in their urine) |
WBC | white blood count |