Medical Abbreviations: Diagnosis

Question 1

AKA

Answer 1

above knee amputation

Question 2

BKA

Answer 2

below knee amputation

Question 3

BSO

Answer 3

bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the uterus, both ovaries, and fallopian tubes)

Question 4

CA, Ca

Answer 4

cancer

Question 5

CHF

Answer 5

congestive heart failure (heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should)

Question 6

COPD

Answer 6

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breath)

Question 7

CVA

Answer 7

cerebral vascular accident (stroke)

Question 8

ESRD

Answer 8

end stage renal disease

Question 9

FUO

Answer 9

fever of unknown origin

Question 10

Fx

Answer 10

fracture

Question 11

I&D

Answer 11

incision and drainage

Question 12

lap

Answer 12

laparotomy (surgical incision in the abdominal cavity)

Question 13

MI

Answer 13

myocardial infraction (heart attack)

Question 14

ORIF

Answer 14

open reduction internal fixation (surgical procedure to fix severe bone fracture by putting the bone back into place and then an internal fixation device is placed on the bone to hold it together)

Question 15

PID

Answer 15

pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 16

STD

Answer 16

sexually transmitted disease

Question 17

TAH

Answer 17

total abdominal hysterectomy (removal of the uterus and cervix through an incision in the lower abdominal)

Question 18

TB

Answer 18

tuberculosis (bacterial disease that affects the lungs)

Question 19

TURP

Answer 19

transurethral resection of the prostate (surgery done to relieve urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate [benign prostatic hyperplasia])

Question 20

URI

Answer 20

upper respiratory infection

Question 21

UTI

Answer 21

urinary tract infection

Question 22

AIDS

Answer 22

acquired immune deficiency syndrome