Abbreviations for Medical Professions

Introduction

This is going to be a textbook of flashcards that can be used by students that are studying in one or more of the following professions. These professions are nursing assistant students, nursing students, medical assistant and even medical secretarial students. Other students who will find these chapters useful could be various kinds of therapists as well as medical laboratory students and a few other fields. To make the flashcards all you have to do is get some 3 x 5 cards and then write the term on one side and the meaning on the other side. As I am writing these you could group the cards in groups of ten (10) for easier studying. Just a note: These chapters will be short say about 600 or so words since they are basically in a question-and-answer format.

Chapter One General Medical Abbreviations for Letter A

1. What is the symbol '@' mean? at

2. What does the letter 'a' with a line above it mean? before

3. What does the abbreviation A&D mean? admission and discharge

4. What does A&P mean? anterior and posterior- anatomy and physiology

5. What does the symbol of two small 'aa' with a line above mean? of each

6. What does the abbreviation 'Ab' mean? Abortion

7. What does the abbreviation 'abd' mean? abdomen, abdominal

8. What does the abbreviation 'ABG' mean? arterial blood gas

9. What does the abbreviation 'ac' mean? before meals

10. What does the abbreviation 'ACTH' mean? adrenocorticotropic hormone

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1. What does the abbreviation 'AD' mean? right ear

2. What does the abbreviation 'ADH' mean? antidiuretic hormone

3. What does the abbreviation 'ad lib' mean? as desired

4. What does the abbreviation 'ADL' mean? Activities of Daily Living

5. What does the abbreviation 'adm' mean? admission

6. What does the abbreviation 'AHA' mean? American Hospital Association

7. What does the abbreviation 'AIDS' mean? Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

8. What does the abbreviation 'am' 'AM' mean? morning, before noon

9. What does the abbreviation 'AMA' mean? American Medical Association against medical advice

10. What does the abbreviation 'amal' mean? amalgam

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1. What does the abbreviation 'amb' mean? ambulate, walk

2. What does the abbreviation 'amt' mean? amount

3. What does the abbreviation 'ANA' mean? American Nurses' Association

4. What does the abbreviation 'ANS' mean? autonomic nervous system

5. What does the abbreviation 'ant' mean? anterior

6. What does the abbreviation 'AP' mean? apical pulse

7. What does the abbreviation 'approx' mean? approximately

8. What does the abbreviation 'aq'; 'aqua' mean? aqueous (water base)

9. What does the abbreviation 'ARC' mean? AIDS-related complex

10. What does the abbreviation 'ART' mean? Accredited Records Technician

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1. What does the abbreviation 'AS' mean? left ear

2. What does the abbreviation 'as tol' mean? as tolerated

3. What does the abbreviation 'ASA' mean? aspirin

4. What does the abbreviation 'ASAP' mean? as soon as possible

5. What does the abbreviation 'ASCVD' mean? arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

6. What does the abbreviation 'ASHD' mean? arteriosclerotic heart disease

7. What does the abbreviation 'AU' mean? both ears

8. What does the abbreviation 'av' mean? average

9. What does the abbreviation 'AV' mean? arteriovenous; atrioventricular

10. What does the abbreviation 'A&W' mean? alive and well

11. What does the abbreviation 'ax' mean? axilla, axillary, armpit

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Here ends the medical abbreviations for the letter 'A' that are the most commonly used. Chapter Two will be the letter 'B' and a few sections of the letter 'C'. I am writing each chapter in groups of four and there may be some overlap in the chapters. In learning medical abbreviations learning them in small groups would be a good way to learn.