Medical Abbreviations – Worksheet 1

Fill in the blank with the correct abbreviation for the definition provided.

1. abdominal _____________

2. before meals ___________

3. morning ________________

4. beats per minute _______

5. with ____________________

6. complains of____________

7. fracture ________________

8. gynecology_____________

9. human chorionic gonadotrophin

(pregnancy hormone) _____

10. intramuscular ___________

11. intravenous ____________

12. left ____________________

13. laboratory _____________

14. minute ________________

15. at _____________________

16. as desired _____________

17. before ________________

18. attention deficit disorder

_______________________

19. breast self exam ________

20. increase, up ___________

21. decrease, down _______

22. against medical advice

______________________

23. change ______________

24. positive, present ______

25. negative, absent _____

26. barium enema _______

27. twice a day __________

28. blood pressure _______

29. biopsy _______________

30. complete blood count ______

31. cervix, complains of ______

32. chronic obstructive pulmonary

disorder ________________

33. discharge ______________

34. dead on arrival __________

35. delirium tremens ________

36. diagnosis _____________

37. ear, nose, & throat ______

38. electrocardiogram ______

39. date of birth ___________

40. alcohol ________________

41. fasting glucose level _____

42. hematocrit ___________

43. hemoglobin ____________

44. estimated ______________

45. foot ___________________

46. gastrointestinal __________

47. history ________________

48. injection _______________

49. bedtime _______________

50. last menstrual period _____

Give the meaning of the following statements by defining the underlined word(s) or symbols.

51. The patient left the hospital AMA and`a the Doctor could give him the final Dx. _______________________________________________________________________________________

52. There was approx a 1 hr wait @ the GI clinic this am. _______________________________________________________________________________________

53. Due to the ↑ in Bob’s FBS, he now needs to take his medication a.c. and b.i.d. ______________________________________________________________________________________

54. Once she got the results of her HCG test, Janice set up her following prenatal appointments and was ready to undergo the GTT, the repetitive H & H and almost seemed excited about the L & D! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

55. Mary always c/o her ht and demanded to have FBW sent to the lab to see if her result might determine a ↓ growth hormone level ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

56. Because Sominex will make you sleepy, it is best to take it @ h.s. ______________________________________________________________________________________

57. Ralph felt that the IM inj for his flu shot shouldn’t have hurt as much as it did. _______________________________________________________________________________________

58. There was very little Δ in George’s overall chol level, but his HDL has ↑ and that made his BP go ↓ slightly. _______________________________________________________________________________________

59. Once Dr. Killum received the lab results from Harry’s C & S, CBC with diff., and the EKG – He told the assistant to schedule him for a bx asap. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

60. It was touch and go for Jack when he was detoxing from ETOH as he had severe a severe case of DTs. _______________________________________________________________________________________

61. Suzy was upset when she found she couldn’t finish her soccer season because of her ? ft fx. _______________________________________________________________________________________

62. Joan’s BW results showed a Δ in her FSH and since her LMP was more than 6 months ago, the GYN Dx her c menopause. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

63. In preparation for his yearly colonoscopy to screen for CA, Mike had to have a BE and then keep a record of his BM. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

64. When Phil strained his bicep, the Dr. told him to take ASA as tol and to apply ice bid. _______________________________________________________________________________________

65. John arrived c a CC of abd pain and was worried he would have to d/c his spicy food intake. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________