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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| FTT | FAILURE TO THRIVE |
| RSV | RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS |
| SIDS | SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME |
| ED | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION |
| PID | PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA |
| STD | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| PMS | PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME |
| GH | GROWTH HORMONE |
| ACTH | ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE |
| ADH | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE |
| PTH | PARATHYROID HORMONE |
| TSH | THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE |
| FSH | FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE |
| LH | LUTEINIZING HORMONE |
| PRL | PROLACTIN |
| MSH | MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE |
| HPV | HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS |
| BC | BIRTH CONTROL |
| HRT | HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPHY |
| IVD | INTRAUTERINE DEVICE |
| D&C | DILATION AND CURETTAGE |
| TVH | TOTAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY |
| GYN | GYNECOLOGY |
| DOB | DATE OF BIRTH |
| C-SECTION | CESAREAN SECTION |
| EDD | EXPECTED (ESTIMATED) DATE OF DELIVERY |
| FAS | FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME |
| IVF | IN VITRO FERTILIZATION |
| LMP | LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD |
| OB | OBSTETRICLE |
| VBAC | VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN SECTION |
| FBS | FASTING BLOOD SUGAR |
| DM | DIABETES MELLITUS |
| DI | DIABETES INSIPIDUS |
| TRUS | TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND |
| PSA | PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
| DRE | DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION |
| TURP | TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
| CX | CERVIX |