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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.
ACEP. American College of Emergency Physicians. ACMPH. American College of Military Public Health. ACGME. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. ACOG. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACP.
Although conferred in English, the degree may be abbreviated in Latin (viz., compare Latin Ed.D. used for either Doctor of Education or Educationis Doctor; and M.D., used for both Medicinae Doctor and Doctor of Medicine, the latter which can also be abbreviated D.M.). Doctor of Juridical Science: S.J.D. An academic, not a professional designation.
Ludwigsburg Palace is a 452-room complex of 18 buildings in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the largest palatial estate in the country and has been called the " Versailles of Swabia ". Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, began construction of the palace in 1704. Charles Eugene, the son of his successor, completed it and ...
The American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology ( AOBD) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) who specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the skin ( dermatologists ). The board is one of 18 medical specialty certifying boards of the American Osteopathic ...
c.— canon /canonum, or coram (see "cor." below) cc.—canons/canones. CCEO— Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium. CDF— Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith or Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei. CDWDS— Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. ch.—chapter/caput. chh.—chapters/capites.
Abbreviation Meaning L: leukocytes lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L5) L&D: labor and delivery: LA: left atrium lymphadenopathy local anesthetic: LAAM: L-alpha-acetylmethadol: Lab: laboratory (in health care, usually referring to clinical laboratory) LABA: long-acting beta agonist: LABBB: left anterior bundle branch block: Lac: laceration lactate: LAD
IC – Jesus (first and third letters of His name in Greek) Id. – Idus ("Ides") Igr. – Igitur ("Therefore") IHS – Jesus (a faulty Latin transliteration of the first three letters of *JESUS in Greek (ΙΗΣ); sometimes misinterpreted as Iesus Hominum Salvator "Jesus Saviour of Men". Ind. – Indictio ("Indiction")