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Chapter 9 Abbrevate

abbreviations from chapter 9

QuestionAnswer
RHD rheumatic heart disease
RN registered nurse
R/O rule out
ROM range of motion
ROS review of systems
R.R. recovery room
Rx prescription
s with a line over it without
SH social history
sig directions
SOB shortness of breath
ss with a line over it and two dots over it one half
s/s signs and symptoms
SMR submucous resection
staph staphylococcus bacteria
stat immediate, at once
STD sexually transmitted disease
strep streptococcus bacteria
STG split thickness graft
sub q subcutaneous
SWD short wave diathermy
Sx symptoms
T temperature
T&A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
tab tablet
rheumatic heart disease RHD
registered nurse RN
rule out R/O
range of motion ROM
reviews of systems ROS
recovery room R.R.
prescription Rx
without s with a line over it
social history SH
directions sig
shortness of breath SOB
one half ss with a line over it and two dots over it
signs and symptoms s/s
submucous resection SMR
staphylococcus bacteria staph
immediate, at once stat
sexually transmitted disease STD
streptococcus bacteria strep
split thickness graft STG
subcutaneous sub q
short wave diathermy SWD
symptoms Sx
temperature T
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy T&A
tablet tab
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