Final Exam Abbreviations ©Richard L. Goldman April 4, 2003 from: Delmar’s Comprehensive Medical Terminology
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 2 ESWL GFR HD IVP KUB pH RP sp.gr. UA UTI VCUG Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy Glomerular Filtration Rate HemoDialysis IntraVenous Pyelogram Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder potential Hydrogen (solution acidity/alkalinity) Retrograde Pyelogram specific gravity UrinAlysis Urinary Tract Infection Voiding CystoUrethroGram
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 3 BPH FTA-ABS GC GU HSV-2 IVP KUB NGU STS TURP VDRL Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody – ABSortption Gonorrhea GenitoUrinary Herpes Simplex Virus, strain 2 IntraVenous Pyelogram Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder NonGonococcal Urethritis Serological Test for Syphilis TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate gland Veneral Disease Research Laboratory
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 4 AB CIS Cx D&C ECC EMB ERT GYN HSG IUD LH LMP LSO Pap Path PID PMS RSO TAH TVH ABortion Carcinoma Carcinoma In Situ ( in the natural or original position) Cervix Dilation and CurettageCurettage EndoCervical CurettageCurettage EndoMetrial Biopsy Estrogen Replacement Therapy GYNecology HysteroSalpingoGraphy IntraUterine Device Luteinizing Hormone Last Menstrual Period Left Salpingo-OophorectomyOophorectomy PAPanicolaou PAPanicolaou smear Pathology Pelvic Inflammatory Disease PreMenstrual Syndrome Righr Salpingo-Oohorectomy Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Total Vaginal Hysterectomy
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 5 metri/o my/o o/o oophor/o ov/o ovari/o -rrhea retro- salping/o uter/o vagin/o vulv/o uterus muscle egg, ovum ovary ovum, egg ovary discharge, flow backward, behind fallopian tubes uterus vagina vulva
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 6 AFP C-section CS CST EDB EDC EDD EFM FHR FHS FHT FSH G GPA HCG L&D LMP Multip NSD NST Alpha-FetoProtein Cesarean section Cesarean Section Contraction Stress Test Expected Date of Birth Expected Date of Confinement Expected Date of Delivery Electronic Fetal Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate Fetal Heart Sound Fetal Heart Tone Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Gravida (pregnant) Gravida, Para, Abortion Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Labor & Delivery Last Menstral Period Multipara (2 or more births) Normal Spontaneous Delivery Non Stress Test
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 7 OB Primip SVD TPAL UC Obstetrics Primipara (first birth) Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Term, Pre-term, Abortion, Living Uterine Contractions
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 8 EGD ERCP ERS GB GBS GER GERD GI GI series GTT HAV HBV HCl HCV IBS IVC LES LFTs MRI N&V EsophagoGastroDuedenoscopy Endoscopic Retrograde CholanigioPancreatography Endoscopic Retrograde Sphincterectomy GallBladder GallBladder Series GastroEophageal Reflux GastroEophageal Reflux Disease GastroIntestinal GastroIntestinal series Glucose Tolerance Test Hepatitis A Virus Hepatitis B Virus HydroChloric acid Hepatitis C Virus Irritable Bowel Syndrome ItraVenous Cholangiography Lower Esophageal Sphincter Liver Function Tests Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nausea and Vomiting
© Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 9 NG NPO, n.p.o. OCG p.c. PP PPBS PPG PTC SBF SBS S & D SGOT SGPT TPN UGI series NasoGastric Nothing by mouth (Latin – nil per os) Oral CholecystoGram After meal (Latin – post cibum) PostPrandial (after a meal) PostPrandial Blood Sugar PostPrandial Glucose Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram Small Bowel Follow-through Small Bowel Series Stomach and Duodenum Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (AST) Serum Gutamic Pyruvix Transaminase Total Parenteral Nutrition Upper GastroIntestinal series