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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).
every month q.n. every night QNS q.n.s. quantity not sufficient q.o.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) (deprecated; use "every other day" instead. See the do-not-use list) QOF: Quality and Outcomes Framework (system for payment of GPs in the UK National Health Service) q.o.h. every other hour q.s.
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test)
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Abbrev. Meaning Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin ; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...
List of dosage abbreviations: PRN - As necessary or as needed / Latin- pro re nata. Existing. Q1H - every hour. Q2H - every 2 hours. Q3H - every 3 hours. Q4H - every 4 hours. Q6H - every 6 hours. Q8H - every 8 hour.
AC 1/4: Grade 1 anterior chamber angle: AC 0/4: ... X months X/52 X weeks X/7 X days XP Exophoria: XT Exotropia: Clinical conditions terms. Abbreviation Term
rheumatoid arthritis. right atrium. room air. RAD. reflex anal dilatation. right axis deviation. reactive airway disease. radiation absorbed dose. reactive attachment disorder.
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