Definitions of the top 150 prescription abbreviations, including bid, qhs, po, ad, hs, and tid. Your essential guide to medical terminology.
From the Latin terminology per os. p.r.n.: As needed. So that it is not always done, but done only when the situation calls for it (for example, taking pain medication only when having pain and not without pain). PCL: Posterior cruciate ligament. PD: Progressive disease. Patients at ...
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CPT Current procedural terminology CR Complete remission Cr Creatinine CrCl Creatinine clearance (Note: Looks similar to, but does not mean, the chromium chlorides—CrCl2, CrCl3, CrCl4) Creat Creatinine CREST Calcinosis Raynaud Esophagus Sclerosis Teleangiectasiae CRF Chronic renal failure Corticotropin...
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With the recent establishment of a Current Procedural Terminology code for wrist actigraphy, this technology is being used increasingly in clinical settings as actigraphy has the advantage of providing objective information on sleep habits in the patient's natural sleep environment. Actigraphy has been ...
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