Chapter 12 abbreviations

Question 1

a.c.

Answer 1

before meals (ante cibum)

Question 2

ALT

Answer 2

alanine aminotransferase

Question 3

AST

Answer 3

aspartate aminotransferase (formerly called serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])

Question 4

Ba

Answer 4

barium

Question 5

BE

Answer 5

barium enema

Question 6

b.i.d.

Answer 6

twice a day

Question 7

CT SCAN

Answer 7

computed tomography (scan)

Question 8

EGD

Answer 8

esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Question 9

ERCP

Answer 9

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Question 10

GB

Answer 10

gallbladder

Question 11

GBS

Answer 11

galbladder series

Question 12

GER

Answer 12

gastroesophageal reflux

Question 13

GERD

Answer 13

gastroesophageal reflux disease

Question 14

GI

Answer 14

gastrointestinal

Question 15

GI series

Answer 15

gastrointestinal series

Question 16

GTT

Answer 16

glucose tolerance test

Question 17

HAV

Answer 17

hepatitis A virus

Question 18

HBV

Answer 18

hepatitas B virus

Question 19

HCI

Answer 19

hydrochloric acid

Question 20

HCV

Answer 20

hepatitis C virus

Question 21

IBS

Answer 21

irritable bowl syndrome

Question 22

IVC

Answer 22

intravenous cholangiography

Question 23

LES

Answer 23

lower esophageal sphincter (also known as the cardiac sphincter)

Question 24

LFT

Answer 24

liver function test

Question 25

MRI

Answer 25

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 26

N&V

Answer 26

nausea and vomiting

Question 27

NG

Answer 27

nasogastric

Question 28

NPO, n.p.o.

Answer 28

nothing by mouth

Question 29

OCG

Answer 29

oral cholecystogram

Question 30

p.c.

Answer 30

after meals (post cibum)

Question 31

PP, pp

Answer 31

postprandial

Question 32

PPBS

Answer 32

postprandial blood sugar

Question 33

PPG

Answer 33

postprandial glucose

Question 34

PTC, PTHC

Answer 34

percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram

Question 35

SBFT

Answer 35

small bowel followthrough

Question 36

SBS

Answer 36

small bowel series

Question 37

SGOT

Answer 37

serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; now called aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

Question 38

SGPT

Answer 38

serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase

Question 39

TPN

Answer 39

total parenteral nutrition

Question 40

UGI series

Answer 40

upper gastrointestinal series