Medical abbreviations that begin with Q-S are listed here.
Q 19 entries
- Q
- perfusion
- q
- each, every (from Latin quaque)
- q.a.d.
- every other day (from Latin quaque altera die)
- QALY
- quality-adjusted life year
- q.AM
- every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem)
- q.d.s.
- four times each day (from Latin quater die sumendus)
- q.h.
- each hour (from Latin quaque hora)
- q.h.s.
- every bedtime (from Latin quaque hora somni)
- q.i.d.
- four times each day (from Latin quarter in die)
- q.l.
- as much as you like (from Latin quantum libet)
- q.m.t.
- every month
- q.n.
- every night
- QNS; q.n.s.
- quantity not sufficient
- QOF
- Quality and Outcomes Framework (system for payment of GPs in the UK National Health Service)
- q.o.h.
- every other hour
- q.s.
- as much as suffices (from Latin quantum satis or quantum sufficit)
- qt
- quart
- q.v.
- which see (from Latin quod vide); as much as you please (from Latin quantum vis)
- q.wk.
- weekly
R 77 entries
- RA
- refractory anemia; rheumatoid arthritis; right atrium
- RAD
- reflex anal dilatation; right axis deviation; reactive airway disease; radiation absorbed dose
- Rad hys
- radical hysterectomy
- RAE
- right atrial enlargement
- RAI
- radioactive iodine
- RAIU
- thyroid reactive iodine uptake
- RAPD
- relative afferent pupillary defect
- RAS
- renal artery stenosis
- RBBB
- right bundle branch block
- RBC
- red blood cells, red blood count
- RBE
- relative biologic equivalent
- RBLM
- recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis
- RCA
- right coronary artery
- RCC
- renal cell carcinoma
- RCM
- restrictive cardiomyopathy; right costal margin
- RCR
- rotator cuff repair
- RCT
- randomized controlled trial
- RD
- retinal detachment
- RDS
- respiratory distress syndrome (see also infant respiratory distress syndrome)
- RDW
- red cell distribution width
- REM
- rapid eye movement; roentgen equivalent man
- RF
- rheumatoid factor; rheumatic fever
- RFLP
- restriction fragment length polymorphism
- RFT
- renal function test
- r/g/m
- rubs/gallops/murmurs (see heart sounds)
- Rh
- rhesus factor
- RHD
- rheumatoid heart disease
- RhF
- rheumatoid factor
- RIA
- radioimmunoassay
- RIBA
- radioimmunoblotting assay
- RICE
- rest, ice, compression, and elevation (treatment for a soft tissue injury)
- RIF
- rifampin
- RIMA
- reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A
- RIND
- reversible ischemic neurologic deficit
- RL
- Ringer's lactate (that is, lactated Ringer's solution)
- RLE
- right lower extremity
- RLL
- right lower lobe (of lung)
- RLN
- recurrent laryngeal nerve; regional lymph node
- RLQ
- right lower quadrant (of abdomen)
- R&M
- Routine + microscopic (General analysis of urine)
- RML
- right middle lobe (of lung)
- RN
- registered nurse
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- RNP
- ribonucleoprotein
- RNV
- radionuclear ventriculography
- ROM
- range of motion
- rupture of membranes
- R/O
- rule out
- ROA
- right occipital anterior (see childbirth)
- ROM
- range of motion
- ROP
- right occipital posterior (see childbirth); retinopathy of prematurity
- ROS
- review of systems
- ROSC
- return of spontaneous circulation
- RPGN
- rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
- RPR
- rapid plasma reagin test
- RR
- respiratory rate; blood pressure measured with a specific sphygmomanometer; relative risk
- RRR
- regular rate and rhythm (see pulse)
- RS cell
- Reed-Sternberg cell
- RSI
- rapid sequence induction
- RSV
- respiratory syncytial virus
- RT
- respiratory therapy; reverse transcriptase
- RT-PCR
- reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
- RTA
- renal tubal acidosis
- RTC
- return to clinic (appointment for outpatient for next medical examination)
- RTS
- Revised Trauma Score
- RUE
- right upper extremity
- RUL
- right upper lobe (of lung)
- RUQ
- right upper quadrant (see also regions of the abdomen)
- RV
- residual volume; right ventricle
- RVAD
- right ventricular assist device
- RVF
- right ventricular failure
- RVH
- right ventricular hypertrophy
- RVR
- rapid ventricular rate (tachycardia)
- RVSP
- right ventricular systolic pressure
- RVT
- renal vein thrombosis
- Rx or ℞ or Rx
- (R with crossed tail) medical prescription or prescription drug
- RXN
- reaction
S 137 entries
- s
- without (s with a bar over it) (from Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, Latin sine)
- S
- sacrum
- Sx
- symptoms
- S1
- first heart sound
- S2
- second heart sound
- S3
- third heart sound
- S4
- fourth heart sound
- S&O
- salpingo-oophorectomy
- SA
- sinoatrial node
- SAAG
- serum-ascites albumin gradient
- SAB
- staphylococcal bacteremia; spontaneous abortion (that is, miscarriage)
- SAH
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- SAM
- systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve
- SAN
- sinoatrial node
- SAPS II
- simplified acute physiology score
- SAPS III
- simplified acute physiology score
- SARS
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- SB
- small bowel (see small intestine)
- SBE
- subacute bacterial endocarditis
- SBFT
- small bowel follow through
- SBMA
- Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
- SBO
- small bowel obstruction
- SBP
- systolic blood pressure; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- s.c.
- subcutaneous (from Latin subcutis)
- SCA
- Spinocerebellar ataxia
- SCC
- squamous cell carcinoma
- SCD
- Sudden Cardiac Death; Sequential Compression Devices; Sickle Cell Disease
- SCLC
- small cell lung cancer
- SCID
- severe combined immunodeficiency
- SCIWORA
- spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality
- scope
- microscope or endoscope
- S.D.
- subdermal
- SD; σ
- standard deviation
- SDH
- subdural hematoma
- SDTI
- suspected deep tissue injury
- Sed
- sedimentation (rate) (see erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
- SEE
- syphilis elimination effort
- Segs
- segmented cells
- SEM
- systolic ejection murmur (see heart murmur)
- SERM
- selective estrogen receptor modulator
- SERT
- serotonin transporter
- SFA
- superficial femoral artery; serum folic acid
- SGA
- small for gestational age
- SG cath
- Swan-Ganz catheter (see pulmonary artery catheter)
- SGOT
- serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
- SGPT
- serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
- SH
- SHx
- social history (personal habits, living situation, job)
- SHBG
- sex hormone-binding globulin
- shob
- shortness of breath (see dyspnea)
- SHx
- surgical history
- SI
- International System of Units; suicidal ideation; seriously ill; sacroiliac (joint)
- SIADH
- syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
- SICU
- surgical intensive care unit
- SIBO
- small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- SIL
- squamous intraepithelial lesion
- SIMV
- synchronized intermittent mechanical ventilation
- si op. sit
- if needed (from Latin si opus sit)
- SIT
- stress inoculation training (see posttraumatic stress disorder)
- SJS
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- SK
- streptokinase
- sl
- sublingual
- SLE
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- SLEV
- St. Louis virus
- SLN
- sentinel node biopsy
- SLR
- straight leg raise (see Lasègue's sign)
- SLL
- small lymphocytic lymphoma
- SLP
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- SM
- multiple sclerosis (from Latin sclerosis multiplex); submucosal
- SMA
- sequential multiple analysis; superior mesenteric artery; spinal muscle atrophy
- SMA-6
- six-channel serum multiple analysis
- SMA-7
- serum metabolic assay
- SMS
- senior medical student
- SMT
- spinal manipulative therapy
- SMV
- superior mesenteric vein
- SN
- student nurse
- SNB
- sentinel node biopsy (ductal carcinoma)
- SNP
- sodium nitroprusside; single nucleotide polymorphism
- SNRI
- serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
- SNV
- sin nombre virus (the most common type of hantavirus)
- SO
- salpingo-oophoritis
- SOAP
- subjective, objective, assessment, plan (how physicians’ notes may be organized)
- SOB
- shortness of breath (see dyspnea)
- SOBOE
- shortness of breath on exertion
- SOL
- space occupying lesion
- Sol
- solution
- SOOB
- send out of bed
- SOS
- if needed (from Latin si opus sit)
- SP; s/p
- status post
- SPE
- streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin
- Spec
- specimen
- SPECT
- single photon emission computed tomography
- SPEP
- serum protein electrophoresis
- SPET
- single photon emission tomography
- Sp. fl.
- spinal fluid (see cerebrospinal fluid)
- Sp. gr.
- specific gravity
- SQ; sq
- subcutaneous
- SR
- slow release (see also Time Release Technology (medicine))
- SROM
- spontaneous rupture of membranes
- SRS
- stereotactic radiotherapy
- SS
- Hemoglobin SS (HbSS) (see in sickle-cell disease = SS disease); subserosal
- S/S
- signs & symptoms
- SSC
- secondary sex characteristics
- SSKI
- potassium iodide solution
- SSPE
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- ssRNA
- single-stranded RNA
- SSRI
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
- SSSS
- staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- SSS
- sick sinus syndrome
- ST
- heat stable; speech therapy
- Staph.
- Staphylococcus
- STD
- sexually transmitted disease
- stat
- immediately (from Latin statim)
- STEC
- Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (another name for enterohemorrhagic E. coli)
- STEMI
- ST elevation myocardial infarction
- STH
- somatotropic hormone
- STI
- sexually transmitted infection; soft tissue injury
- STNR
- symmetrical tonic neck reflex
- STOP
- Surgical termination of pregnancy (sometimes suction termination of pregnancy)
- Strep.; Strepto.
- Streptococcus
- STS
- serological test for syphilis
- Subq
- subcutaneous
- Supp
- suppository
- SUV
- Standardized Uptake Value—when used in positron emission tomography (PET) cancer scans—any lesion seen on a scan with a SUV of more than 3 indicates metabolic activity
- SV
- seminal vesicle; stroke volume
- SVC
- superior vena cava
- SVD
- spontaneous vaginal delivery; simple vertex delivery
- SVI
- systemic viral infection
- SVN
- small volume nebulizer
- SVR
- systemic vascular resistance
- SVT
- supraventricular tachycardia
- SW
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Sx
- surgery; symptoms
- SXA
- single energy X-ray absorptiometer
- SXR
- skull x-ray
- Sz
- seizure