level: Medical Terms 6
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Medical Terms 6
Question | Answer |
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q.2h | Every 2 hours |
q.3h | Every 3 hours |
q.4h | Every 4 hours |
Q.A | Quality assurance |
q.d | Once a day |
q.h | Every hour |
q6 | Every 6 hours |
QHS/qhs | Every night |
QID | Four times per day |
qtts | Drops |
R/rt | Right |
radiology | X-ray department |
RBC/rbc | Red blood cells |
reg. | Regular |
rehab | Rehabilitation |
resp. | Respiratory |
right lateral recumbent | Lying on right side |
RLE | Right lower extremity |
RO, R/O. r/o | Rule out |
ROM | Range of motion |
RR | Respiratory rate |
RT | Radiation therapy |
RUE | Right upper extremity |
RX | Pharmacy, prescription |
s with a line on top | Without |
S/P | Status post (previous condition) |
S1 | Sacral vertebrae |
sat | Saturation |
sig | Directions, label |
SNF | Skilled nursing facility |
SOB | Short of breath |
SPD | Sterile processing department |
SQ | Subcutaneous |
staph | Staphylococcus |
stat | Immediately |
STD | Sexually transmitted disease |
stool | Bowel movement |
supination | Palm facing upwards |
supine | Lying face up |
surg | Surgery, surgical |
syncope | Loss of consciousness |
T cells | Thymus cells |
T&A | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
T&CM | Type & crossmatch |
T/t | Temperature |
TCDB | Turn cough and deep breath |
TED hose | Thrombi-embolic-deterrent |
thoracic | Back vertebrae |
thrombosis | The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel |
TID | Three times a day |
TPN | Total parental nutrition |
Trendelenburg position | Supine with head lower than feet |
TURP | Transurethral resection of the prostate |
Tx | Treatment |
u/s, US | Ultrasound |
UA | Urinalysis |
UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
void | Urinate |
VRE | Vancomycin resistant enterococcus |
v-tach | Ventricular tachycardia |
W/ | With |
W/C | Wheelchair |
W/O | Without |
W/U | Work-up |
WBC | White blood cells |
WBS | Weight-bearing status |
WNL | Within normal limits |
Wt/wt | Weight |
x with line on top | Except, without |
X1 | Times 1 |
X2 | Times 2 |
X7 | Times 7 |
Y/O | Year old |