Medicare information can be confusing. This A to Z glossary can help you understand some common terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. It can also help you better understand certain medical ...

Medical acronyms. AIDS : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease of 2019: LASIK : ... So all acronyms are abbreviations, but not all abbreviations are acronyms.

Acronyms and abbreviations are both common, but there are many of each that people don’t know the meaning of or how they originated.

The MDU, which defends members' reputations when their clinical performance is called into question, advises doctors to use only the abbreviations or acronyms that are unambiguous and approved in ...

Think about the number of medical abbreviations we use in medical notes. WBC, RBC, LUQ, RUQ, IM, IV, PO and q2h are just a few. My commentaries are usually 700 to 800 words in length.