Medical Acronyms
B.P.
What is blood pressure?
Dry Cough, fever, chills, loss of taste/smell, shortness of breath.
What is Covid-19?
The kind of surgeon Meredith's mother was in Grey's Anatomy.
What is a General Surgeon?
Used when something is needed immediately.
What is STAT?
A doctor that has graduated from medical school and is undergoing on-the-job training.
O.T.C
Over the Counter
Yellow skin and eyes, dark urine, abdominal pain. Develops in 3 out of 5 babies.
What is Jaundice?
The most recent name of the hospital in Grey's Anatomy.
What is Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital?
A type of catheter inserted into the bladder to help with urinary drainage.
What is a foley catheter?
They perform X-rays and computed tomography on patients.
What is a Radiographer?
B.I.D.
What is twice a day?
Burning sensation in the chest, cough with blood/phlegm, shortness of breath, delayed development.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
He works at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and was ousted from medical school due to cheating.
Who is Dr. House?
The medical term for a bruise.
What is a contusion?
They can prescribe treatment, order tests, and diagnose patients without being an M.D..
What is a NP?
T.S.H
Thyroid Stimulating Response
Chest or Muscle Pain, Blistering, Scabs, Ulcers, Respiratory Distress, Spread through contact with wool, hair, or envelopes.
What is Anthrax?
The procedure the doctors at Dillard Hospital forget when treating Derek in Grey's Anatomy, which led to his death.
What is a head CT?
This suffix indicates pain.
What is algia?
They perform specific surgical procedures in dermatology.
What is a Mohs Surgeon?
L.V.A.D.
Left Ventrical Assistive Device
14 people die from this disease each day in the United States (hint: a respiratory disease).
What is Asthma?
The TV show that the phrase "I. Am. A surgeon!" in recent pop culture originated from.
What is the Good Doctor?
This prefix is related with conditions of the gallbladder.
What is cholecysto-?
They treat and deal with issues arising with the musculoskeletal system, such as arthritis.
What is a Rheumatologist?