Medical Abbreviations
Medical Terms
Careers
Procedures
100

bp

Blood pressure

100

Proxime

Next to/Near 
100

RN

Registered Nurse

100

Surgical delivery of a baby

C-Section

200

hr

Heart rate

200

Dors

Dorsum

200

DMD

Doctor of Dental Medicine 

200
Swapping of cloudy lens

Cataract Surgery

300

htn

Hypertention

300

Infer

In/Into

300

OD

Optometrist

300

Surgical Removal of appendix 

Appendectomy 

400

adl

Activities of Daily Living

400

Later

Side/Lateral

400

CBET

Certified Biomedical Equipment technician

400

Operation to prevent acid reflex

Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

500

dx

Diagnosis

500

Cephal

Heart

500

LicAc

Licensed acupuncturist 

500

Diagnosed to treat uterine and kidney stones

Ureteroscopy with Hydrodistention 

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