Medical
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Tx
What is Treatment or Traction?
Ab
What is away from?
itis
What is inflammation?
Cardio
What is the heart?
Anything that is a reason for a person not to receive a particular treatment.
What are contraindications?
NPO
What is Nothing by Mouth?
Glyco
What is sugar?
Phobia
What is fear of?
Pneumo
What is lungs?
Fast heart rate
What is tachycardia?
EKG
What is Electrocardiogram?
Path
What is disease?
Uria
What is urine?
Neuro
What is nerve/ nervous system?
Slow heart rate
What is bradycardia?
q3h
What is every 3 hours?
Mal
What is bad?
Pnea
What is breathing?
Gastro
What is stomach?
high blood pressure
what is hypertension?
DM
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Pseudo
What is false?
Cyte
What is cell?
Phlebo
What is veins?
low blood sugar
What is hypoglycemia?