Medical Terminology List #9
45 flashcards
- NPO
- Nothing by mouth (nil per os)
- NS
- Normal saline
- NSAID
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
- OB
- Obstetrics
- OC
- Oral contraceptive
- OOB
- Out of bed
- OP
- Outpatient
- OT
- Occupational therapy/therapist
- OTC
- Over the counter
- PA
- Posteroanterior, physician assistant
- p.c.
- After meals (post cibos)
- PE
- Physical examination, pulmonary embolism
- PID
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- PMS
- Premenstrual syndrome
- PO
- By mouth
- PRN
- As needed
- PT
- Physical therapy/therapist
- R
- Right
- RA
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- RBC
- Red blood cell
- RLE
- Right lower extremity
- RLL
- Right lower lobe
- RLQ
- Right lower quadrant
- R/O
- Rule out
- ROM
- Range of motion
- RT
- Respiratory therapy/therapist
- RUE
- Right upper extremity
- RUQ
- Right upper quadrant
- Rx
- Prescription
- s̄
- Without
- SOB
- Shortness of breath
- Stat
- Immediately
- STI
- Sexually transmitted infection
- Sx
- Symptoms
- T&A
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
- TB
- Tuberculosis
- TIA
- Transient ischemic attack
- Tx
- Treatment
- UA
- Urinalysis
- URI
- Upper respiratory infection
- UTI
- Urinary tract infection
- VS
- Vital signs
- WBC
- White blood cell
- WNL
- Within normal limits
- YO, y/o
- Years old