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Medical Terminology & Abbreviations
| NOTE: These terms are useful when you want to read medical charts in hospitals or nursing homes. |
Medical Terminology
| TERM |
EXPLANATION |
| AGNOSIA STIMULUS |
LOSS OF ABILITY TO INTERPRET SENSORY |
| ANEURYSM |
A SAC FORMED BY THE DILATION OF THE WALLS OF
AN ARTERY |
| APHASIA |
LOSS OF LANGUAGE |
| APRAXIA |
LOSS OF MOTOR PLANNING ABILITIES |
| ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
FATTY DEPOSITS ON ARTERY WALLS |
| CAROTID ARTERY |
MAJOR ARTERY IN THE FRONT OF THE NECK
PROVIDING BLOOD TO THE BRAIN |
| DEFICIT |
LOSS |
| DYSARTHRIA |
DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING DUE TO LOSS OF MUSCLE
FUNCTION IN MUSCLES INVOLVED IN SPEECH |
| HEMIPARESIS |
WEAKNESS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| HEMIPLEGIA |
PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| MONOPLEGIA |
PARALYSIS OF ONE EXTREMITY |
| MOTOR DEFICITS |
LOSS OF MUSCLE CONTROL |
| PARAPLEGIA |
PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE BODY |
| QUADRIPLEGIA |
PARALYSIS OF ALL FOUR EXTREMITIES |
| SENSORY DEFICITS |
LOSS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE VARIOUS SENSES
(SIGHT, TOUCH, HEARING, TASTE & SMELL) |
SPINAL TAP
(LUMBAR FLUID PUNCTURE) |
REMOVAL OF SMALL AMOUNT OF SPINAL FLUID FOR EXAMINATION |
| STROKE IN EVOLUTION |
STROKE OCCURRING SLOWLY WITH DEFICITS |
| THROMBUS |
STATIONARY BLOOD CLOT |
MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS
| ABBREVIATION |
EXPLANATION |
| A.B.R. |
ABSOLUTE BED REST |
| A.C. |
BEFORE MEALS |
| ACF |
ADULT CARE FACILITY |
| ADL |
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
| ALC |
ALTERNATIVE LEVEL OF CARE |
| AD LIB |
AS DESIRED |
| B.I.D. |
TWICE A DAY |
| B.P. |
BLOOD PRESSURE |
| C.B.C. |
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CHHA |
CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AGENCY |
| C.N.S. |
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CPR |
CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| C.V.A. |
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE) |
| CATH |
CATHETERIZED |
| DNR |
DO NOT RESUSCITATE |
| DRG |
DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPING |
| EEG |
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
| EKG |
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
| E.N.T. |
EAR, NOSE & THROAT |
| FX |
FRACTURE |
| H.S. |
BEDTIME |
| Hb or Hgb |
HEMOGLOBIN |
| I & O |
INTAKE AND OUTPUT |
| I.C.U. |
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| I.M. |
INTRAMUSCULAR |
| I.V. |
INTRAVENOUS |
| LTHHCP |
LONG TERM HOME HEALTH CARE PGM |
| N.P.O. |
NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| N.V.D. |
NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARRHEA |
| NG |
NASO-GASTRIC FEEDING TUBE |
| OD |
DAILY |
| O.D. |
RIGHT EYE |
| O.S. |
LEFT EYE |
| O.U. |
BOTH EYES |
| OOB |
OUT OF BED |
| OS |
MOUTH |
| OT |
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
| P.C. |
AFTER MEALS |
| P.O. |
BY MOUTH |
| P.R.N. |
WHENEVER NECESSARY |
| PCA |
PERSONAL CARE AIDE |
| PRI |
PATIENT REVIEW INSTRUMENT |
| PT |
PHYSICAL THERAPY |
| q. |
EVERY |
| q.2h |
EVERY TWO HOURS |
| q.d. |
EVERY DAY |
| q.h. |
EVERY HOUR |
| q.i.d. |
FOUR TIMES DAILY |
| q.o.d. |
EVERY OTHER DAY |
| ROM |
RANGE OF MOTION |
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C |
WITH |
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S, S, S, S |
WITHOUT |
| S.O.B. |
SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| SNF |
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY |
| STAT |
AT ONCE |
| T.I.A. |
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| T.I.D. |
THREE TIMES A DAY |
| T.P.R. |
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION |
| UR |
UTILIZATION REVIEW |
| W.N. |
WELL NOURISHED |
| WC |
WHEEL CHAIR |
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