Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS) 2026/2027 (Answered)
Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS)
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1. ac before meals
2. ACLS advanced cardiac life support
3. ad lib as desired
4. ADA American Diabetes Association; Americans with Disabilities Act
5. ADD attention deficit disorder
6. ADLs activities of daily living
7. Afib atrial fibrillation
8. AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
9. ALS advanced life support; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
10. AM/ a.m. morning
11. AMI acute myocardial infarction
12. ASD atrial septal defect
13. AST aspartate aminotransferase (formally SGOT)
14. AV arteriovenous; atrioventricular
15. BCLS basic cardiac life support
16. BE barium enema
17. BID, bid, b.i.d. twice a day (bis in die)
18. BM bowel movement
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, Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS) 2026/2027 (Answered)
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19. BMI body mass index
20. BMR basal metabolic rate
21. BP blood pressure
22. BPH benign prostatic hypertrophy
23. bpm beats per minute
24. BR bedrest
25. BRP bathroom privileges
26. BS bowel sounds
27. BSA body surface area
28. BSC bedside commode
29. BSE Breast self-examination
30. BUN Blood urea nitrogen
31. Bx Biopsy
32. c̅ With
33. C Centigrade; Celsius
34. CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
35. CAD Coronary artery disease
36. CAT Computerized (axial) tomography scan
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, Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS) 2026/2027 (Answered)
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37. CBC, cbc Complete blood count
38. CCU Coronary (cardiac) care unit; critical care unit
39. CF Cystic fibrosis
40. CHD Congenital heart disease; coronary heart disease
41. CK Creatine kinase
42. CMV Cytomegalovirus
43. CNS Central nervous system; clinical nurse specialist
44. c/o Complaint of
45. CO Carbon monoxide; cardiac output
46. CO2 Carbon dioxide
47. COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
48. COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 cause by virus SARS-CoV-2
49. COX Cyclooxygenase
50. CP Cerebral palsy
51. CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure
52. CPK Creatine phosphokinase
53. CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
54. CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
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Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS)
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1. ac before meals
2. ACLS advanced cardiac life support
3. ad lib as desired
4. ADA American Diabetes Association; Americans with Disabilities Act
5. ADD attention deficit disorder
6. ADLs activities of daily living
7. Afib atrial fibrillation
8. AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
9. ALS advanced life support; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
10. AM/ a.m. morning
11. AMI acute myocardial infarction
12. ASD atrial septal defect
13. AST aspartate aminotransferase (formally SGOT)
14. AV arteriovenous; atrioventricular
15. BCLS basic cardiac life support
16. BE barium enema
17. BID, bid, b.i.d. twice a day (bis in die)
18. BM bowel movement
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, Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS) 2026/2027 (Answered)
Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS)
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19. BMI body mass index
20. BMR basal metabolic rate
21. BP blood pressure
22. BPH benign prostatic hypertrophy
23. bpm beats per minute
24. BR bedrest
25. BRP bathroom privileges
26. BS bowel sounds
27. BSA body surface area
28. BSC bedside commode
29. BSE Breast self-examination
30. BUN Blood urea nitrogen
31. Bx Biopsy
32. c̅ With
33. C Centigrade; Celsius
34. CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
35. CAD Coronary artery disease
36. CAT Computerized (axial) tomography scan
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Comprehensive Medical Abbreviations List (Quiz 5 PNS)
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37. CBC, cbc Complete blood count
38. CCU Coronary (cardiac) care unit; critical care unit
39. CF Cystic fibrosis
40. CHD Congenital heart disease; coronary heart disease
41. CK Creatine kinase
42. CMV Cytomegalovirus
43. CNS Central nervous system; clinical nurse specialist
44. c/o Complaint of
45. CO Carbon monoxide; cardiac output
46. CO2 Carbon dioxide
47. COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
48. COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 cause by virus SARS-CoV-2
49. COX Cyclooxygenase
50. CP Cerebral palsy
51. CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure
52. CPK Creatine phosphokinase
53. CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
54. CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
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