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MEDICAL VOCABULARY
PHAT121-122 WEEK 1
MED. TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS | DEFINITION |
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BENIGN | NOT CANCEROUS/ NON PROGRESSIVE |
MALIGNANT | CANCEROUS/ PROGRESSIVE |
ABG | ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS |
ac | BEFORE EATING |
ad lib | AS MUCH AS NEEDED |
ADR | ADVERSE DRUG REACTION |
AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
amt | AMOUNT |
APhA | AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION |
AAPT | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACY TECHNICIANS |
ARDS | ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
ARF | ACUTE RENAL FAILURE |
ASAP | AS SOON AS POSSIBLE |
ASHD | ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE |
BBVD | BLOODBORNE VIRAL INFECTION |
BE | BARIUM ENEMA |
bid | TWICE A DAY |
biw | TWICE WEEKLY |
BOM | BILATERAL OTITIS MEDIA (EAR INFETION) |
BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
c | WITH |
CA | CANCER |
Ca | CALCIUM |
CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
CVA | CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT |
DAW | DISPENSE AS WRITTEN |
DM | DIABETES MELLITUS |
DPT | DIPHTHERIA, PERTUSSIS, TETANUS VACCINE |
DX | DIAGNOSIS |
ETOH | ETHANOL/ ALCOHOL |