Medical Abbreviations from Flash-Med

Medical abbreviations are found throughout the medical and non-medical literature.  Medical abbreviations such as STAT (Statim), COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and GSW (guns shot wound) are common in everyday language.  These medical abbreviations are found in physician orders, on prescriptions, and in medical records.  Flash-Med has put together hundreds of the most common medical abbreviations for you.  Our medical abbreviations reference has is a list of the most common medical abbreviations.  This page provides an alphabetical list of medical abbreviations for terms and medical acronyms.
Below is a list of medical abbreviations and acronyms. To use, simply click on the list and enter the 1st letter of the term and scroll until you find the medical abbreviations you are looking for.
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Click on the arrow in the medical abbreviations box and scroll down to see all available acronyms or medical abbreviations as well as their definitions.

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