Medical Shorthand
Terminology
Vitals
Diseases
Radiograph Terminology
100
LMOM
What is left message on machine
100
Anorexia
What is not eating
100
Feline temperature
What is 99.5-102.5
100
Pancreatitis
What is inflammation of the pancreas
Profuse vomiting, painful abdomen, anorexia, lethargy, diarrhea
100
What direction is to the left?
Cranial
200
SC
What is subctuaneous
200
Ataxia
What is incoordination
200
Canine heart rate
What is 80-160
200
Pneumonia
What is infection of the lung (viral, bacterial or fungal)
Coughing, difficulty breathing, lethargy, anorexia
200
Direction is to the right
What is caudal
300
IP
What is intraperitoneal
300
Polyuria
What is urinating more frequently
300
Feline respiratory rate
What is 10-30
300
Hemoabdomen
What is the abdominal cavity filled with blood
Sudden collapse, pale gums, lethargy
300
To the top
What is dorsal
400
NSF
What is no significant findings
400
Dyspnea
What is difficulty breathing
400
Feline heart rate
What is 160-220
400
CHF
What is congestive heart failure
Exercise intolerance, cough, difficulty breathing
400
To the bottom
What is ventral
500
OS
What is left eye
500
Polydipsia
What is drinking more
500
Equine heart rate
What is 32-36
500
FATE
What is feline aortic thromboembolism (AKA "Saddle thrombus)
Unable to bear weight on hindlimb (acute hindlimb paralysis), VERY painful, no pulses in the hindlimbs, cold hind feet500
On what phase of respiration do you take a thoracic radiograph
What is inspiration