common medical abbreviations

Front

T

Back

temperature

Front

tid

Back

three times a day

Front

TPR

Back

temperature, pulse, respiration.

Front

BID stands for

Back

two times a day

Front

Abbreviation for complete blood count

Back

CBC

Front

Abbreviation for four times a day

Back

QID

Front

C/O

Back

Complaining Of

Front

What does PRN mean?

Back

as needed

Front

SOB

Back

shortness of breath, short of breath

Front

NPO

Back

nothing by mouth, not by mouth, nothing orally, not oral