SL Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. SL Abbreviation for vertebral column (spinal) length. See: spinal length. sl Symbol for slyke. Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 SL Abbreviation for sublingual. Medical Dictionary for the ...
Abbreviation for normal saline. Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 SPINK5 A gene on chromosome 5q32 that encodes a multidomain serine protease inhibitor with 15 potential inhibitory domains, which may play a role in skin and hair morphogenesis and anti-inflammatory and/or antimicrobia...
It uses periods for certain abbreviations that traditionally often have them (mostly older Latin/Neo-Latin abbreviations). For example, both bid and b.i.d. may be found in the list. It generally uses the singular form of an abbreviation (not the plural) as the headword.For...
A common prescription abbreviation used to dose medicines. U or u**: Unit. A common prescription abbreviation used to dose medicines like insulin. Best practice: Spell out "unit"; can be mistaken for "0" (zero), "4" (four), or "cc". Lack of leading zero (.X mg)**: Indicates...
Abbreviation for licensed vocational nurse. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content. ...
or mL. with a period following the abbreviation mgmL The period is unnecessary and could be mistaken as the number 1 if written poorly Use mg, mL, etc. without a terminal period Drug name and dose run together (especially problematic for drug names that end in “l” such as Inderal40 ...
Q.D., Q.O.D. (latin abbreviation for once daily and every other day) Potential Problem: mistaken for each other. The period after the Q can be mistaken for an "I" and the "O" can be mistaken for "I" Preferred term: write "daily" and "every other day" ...
Abbreviation for outpatient department. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Link to this page: Facebook Twitt...
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Capillary blood sampling is a medical procedure aimed at assisting in patient diagnosis, management and treatment, and is increasingly used worldwide, in part because of the increasing availability of point-of-care testing. It is also frequently used to obtain small blood volumes for laboratory test...