PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR MEDICINE
Medical abbreviations (s.c-TM)
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Abbreviation or symbol
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Meaning
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s.c
|
subcutaneous
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s.l.
|
sublingual
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SAH
|
subarachnoidal haemorrhage
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SB
|
still-born
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SBE
|
sub-acute bacterial endocarditis
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sep.
|
separated
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SG
|
specific gravity
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SH
|
social history
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SHO
|
Senior House Officer
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SI
|
sacro-iliac
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sig.
|
write/ label (in prescriptions) (Latin)
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sl.
|
slight
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SM
|
systolic murmur
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SMR
|
sub-mucous resection
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SN
|
student nurse
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SOB
|
short of breath
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SOBOE
|
short of breath on exertion
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SOP
|
surgical out-patients
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SpR
|
specialist registrar
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SRN
|
State Registered Nurse
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SROM
|
spontaneous rupture of membranes
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stat.
|
immediately (Latin)
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STs
|
sanitary towels
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SVC
|
superior vena cava
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SVD
|
spontaneous vertex delivery;
spontaneous vaginal delivery
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sw/ sw.
|
swab
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SWD
|
short wave diathermy
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T
|
temperature
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T&A
|
tonsils and adenoids
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t.d.s/ t.i.d
|
three times a day (Latin)
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T3
|
tri-iodothyronine
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T4
|
tetra-iodothyronine
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tabs
|
tablets
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TB
|
tuberculosis
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TI
|
tricuspid incompetence
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TIA
|
transient ischaemic attack
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TM
|
transport medium
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