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Letter I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| I&O | intake and output |
| ICCU | intensive coronary care unit |
| ICD | international classification of diseases (an offical list of categories of diseases, physical and mental, issued by the World Health Organization (WHO)) |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| ID | intradermal (within the dermis) |
| IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (known as type 1 diabetes mellitus-an inability to metabolize carbohydrate) |
| IH | infectious hepatitis (known as hepatitis A- a viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A virus(HAV)) |
| IM | intramuscular (pertaining tot he interior of the muscle tissue) |
| imp | impression (a mold of a part of the mouth or other part of the body) |
| in | inch |
| inf | infusion,inferior,infection,inguinal (the introduction of a substance, such as fluid, electrolyte, nutrient, or drug, directly into a vein) |
| inj | injection |
| int | internal,interior (situated below or lower than a given point of reference, as the feet are inferior to the legs) |
| IPPB | intermittent positive pressure breathing (form of assisted or controlled respiration produced by a ventilatory apparatus) |
| irr,irrig | irrigation |
| Isol,isol | isolation |
| IT | inhalation therapy (a treatment in which a substance is introduced into the respiratory tract with inspired air) |
| IUD | intrauterine device (a contraceptive device) |
| IV | intravenous (pertaining to the inside of a vein) |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram (a radiographic technique for examining the structure and function of the urinary system) |
| ing | inguinal (pertaining to the groin) |