PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR MEDICINE
Medical abbreviations (DTs-FUO)
|
Abbreviation or symbol
|
Meaning
|
|
DTs
|
delirium tremens (Latin)
|
|
DU
|
duodenal ulcer
|
|
DVT
|
deep venous thrombosis
|
|
DWP
|
Department for Work and Pensions
|
|
Dx
|
diagnosis
|
|
E
|
electrolytes
|
|
EBV
|
Epstein-Barr virus
|
|
ECF
|
extracellular fluid
|
|
ECG
|
electrocardiogram
|
|
ECT
|
electroconvulsive therapy
|
|
EDC
|
expected date of confinement
|
|
EDD
|
expected date of delivery
|
|
EDM
|
early diastolic murmur
|
|
EEG
|
electroencephalogram
|
|
ENT
|
ear, nose and throat
|
|
ESN
|
educationally
sub-normal
|
|
ESR
|
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
|
|
ETT
|
exercise tolerance test
|
|
EUA
|
examination under anaesthesia
|
|
F
|
female
|
|
fb
|
finger breadth
|
|
FB
|
foreign body
|
|
FBC
|
full blood count
|
|
FH
|
fetal heart
|
|
FH
|
family history
|
|
FHH
|
fetal heart heard
|
|
FHNH
|
fetal heart not heard
|
|
fl/Fl
|
femtolitre
|
|
FMFF
|
fetal movement first felt
|
|
FOB
|
faecal occult blood
|
|
FPC
|
family planning clinic
|
|
FRCS
|
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
|
|
FSH
|
follicle stimulating hormone
|
|
FTAT
|
fluorescent treponemal antibody test
|
|
FTBD
|
fit to be detained; full term born dead
|
|
FTND
|
full term normal delivery
|
|
FUO
|
fever of unknown origin
|
No comments:
Post a Comment
thank you for visiting my blog and for your nice comments