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This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes ). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Certain medical abbreviations are avoided to prevent mistakes, according to best practices (and in some cases regulatory requirements); these are flagged in the list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions .
This list contains acronyms and initials related to diseases (infectious or non-infectious) and medical disorders.
List of medical abbreviations: 0–9. Dx - Diagnosis, Sx - Symptoms, Fx - Fracture, Tx - Treatment, Hx - History S/b-seen by.
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here .
abdominal aortic aneurysm (pronounced "triple-A") AAD. antibiotic-associated diarrhea. AAI. acute arterial insufficiency. AAPMC. antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis. AAT. activity as tolerated.
Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die ) QALY. quality-adjusted life year. q.AM. every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem ) q.d. every day (from Latin quaque die)
Disorders of sex development ( DSDs ), also known as differences in sex development or variations in sex characteristics ( VSC ), [2] [3] are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. [4]