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"c" with a line over it - ✔✔With
"S" with a line over it - ✔✔Without
1 tbsp. - ✔✔3 tsp, 3 dr, 15cc/ml
tsp - ✔✔1 dr, 5cc/ml
15 gtts (Latin "guttae", drops) - ✔✔15 minims, 1 ml/cc
2 tbsp. - ✔✔1 fluid oz., 30 ml/cc
AD - ✔✔auris dextra; right ear
ad lib - ✔✔ad libitum; according to your pleasure
ante cibum - ✔✔a.c., before food/meals
ante meridiem - ✔✔a.m. In the morning
APAP - ✔✔Acetaminophen
AS - ✔✔auris sinistra (sinister); left ear
ASA - ✔✔acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
AU - ✔✔aures utrae; each ear (of both)
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,b.i.d. or BID - ✔✔bis in die; twice (times) per day
BM - ✔✔bowel movement
BP - ✔✔blood pressure
c/o - ✔✔complaint of
Ca - ✔✔Calcium
cafe au lait spot - ✔✔This is a skin lesion that is the color of coffee with milk—a
distinctive light brown pigment having a macular form. Pronounced "kahFAY o
LAY."
Cap - ✔✔capsule
CBC - ✔✔complete blood count
Cc - ✔✔cubic centimeter
Centi - ✔✔one hundredth
Cg - ✔✔centigram
Cl - ✔✔chloride
Cm - ✔✔centimeter
Coup - ✔✔A hit or stroke; found in such terms as coup de grace (coo day
grawss), coup d'etat (coo day taw), contrecoup (contray-coo—as in a certain
kind of brain injury).
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,d. - ✔✔Day. This is the "d" in most abbreviations.
d/c or D/C - ✔✔discontinue, discharge
Deci - ✔✔one tenth
Deka - ✔✔Ten
Dg - ✔✔Decigram
Die - ✔✔d. Day. This is the "d" in most abbreviations.
Dkg - ✔✔Dekagram
dr - ✔✔Dram
DSD - ✔✔dry sterile dressing
DSS Colace - ✔✔Docusate sodium (dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate) and docusate
calcium (dioctyl calcium sulfosuccinate) act like detergents and are used to
soften the stool when it is desirable to lessen the discomfort or the strain of
defecation.
en masse - ✔✔In mass—sometimes refers to one unit, not divided into parts.
Pronounced "on mass" or sometimes "on moss."
FBS - ✔✔fasting blood sugar (lab testing)
FeSO4 - ✔✔ferrous sulfate
FSBS - ✔✔finger stick blood sugar
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, G, gm - ✔✔Gram, weight, large for medication, check for accuracy
g.t.t. gtt(s) gutta€ - ✔✔A drop. Often in reference to eardrops or eye drops.
(Latin guttae)
gm., Gm., G - ✔✔gramma, gram
Gr - ✔✔unit of weight in the standard (third) system based on grains of wheat
h. - ✔✔Hour
h.s. - ✔✔At bedtime (literally the hour of sleep)
H2O2 - ✔✔hydrogen peroxide
Hct - ✔✔hematocrit; instrument to measure the ratio of red blood cells to the
total volume of blood--typically by centrifugation
Hecto - ✔✔one hundred
Hg - ✔✔hectogram
Hgb - ✔✔Hemoglobin
hora - ✔✔h., hour
HS - ✔✔hora somni, at the hour of sleep
I - ✔✔Iodine
I&O - ✔✔intake & output
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