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nrn101 abbreviations
abbreviations/suffix prefix
Question | Answer |
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NJ | NASOJEJUNAL |
O.D | RIGHT EYE |
O.S. | LEFT EYE |
GT | GASTROTOMY TUBE |
IV PB | INTRAVENOUS PIGGYBACK |
IM | INTRAMUSCULAR |
O.U | BOTH EYES |
A.D. | RIGHT EAR |
A.S. | LEFT EAR |
A.U. | BOTH ERAS |
a | before |
p | after |
c | with |
q | every |
aq | water |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
ss | half |
et | and |
noct | nighttime |
a.c. | before meals |
p.c. | after meals |
ad. lib | as desired |
prn | as needed |
min | minute |
h | hour |
qh | every hour |
g | gram |
mg | milligram |
kg | kilogram |
gtt | drop |
D | dextrose |
NS | normal saline |
RL | Ringer's Lactate |
T.K.O | to keep open |
ung | ointment |
sos | if necessary |
a- | without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
adeno- | gland |
-algia | pain |
ambi- | on two sides |
angio- | vessel |
ano- | anus |
ante- | before |
arterio- | artery |
arthro- | joint |
bis- | two |
-cele | hernia,protusion |
chole- | bile |
cholecysto- | gallbladder |
cysto- | sac,cyst(urinary bladder) |
-cyte | cell |
derm- | skin |
-ectasis | expansion |
-ectomy | excision |
-emia | blood |
endo- | within |
entero- | intestines |
ex- | out away from |
os- | bone |
-osis | condition of |
-ostomy | artificial opening |
oto- | ear |
-otomy | incision into |
-pexy | suspension, fixation |
phlebo- | vein |
procto- | rectum |
teno- | tendon |
vaso- | blood vessel |
veno- | vein |
post- | after |
-ptosis | drooping |
salpingo- | fallopian tubes |