When

• Gun shot wound = 3 syllables, and
• GSW = 5 syllables

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    31·
    21 days ago

    I dont know why GWS is used , but there are a bunch of the medical abbreviations that are not intuitive to me.

    • PRN = As Needed
    • ASA = aspirin
    • BRP = Bathroom Priviledges (this one is intuitive)
    • PT = Bloodtest
    • bid = Twice a Day
    • BS can = Breath Sounds or Bowl Sounds
    • C with a “-“ on top of it means “with”
    • M = so many things.
      • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        21 days ago

        Or physical therapy. I’ve never seen either of the major clotting labs abbreviated “PT.” You typically say PTT for prothrombin time or INR for the PT-INR.

    • ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth
      12·
      21 days ago
      • PRN is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase “pro re nata”.
      • ASA is acetylsalicylic acid which is the chemical name for aspirin
      • PT is a specific type of blood test that measures how long it takes for blood to clot called “prothrombin time”
      • BID comes from another Latin phrase “bis in die”. TID is 3 times and QID is 4 times a day
      • BS can also mean blood sugar
      • c̅ is basically equivelant to w/ meaning with but it comes from the Latin “cum”