[S] MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

Question 1

s

Answer 1

without

Question 2

SBO

Answer 2

small bowel obstruction

Question 3

sc

Answer 3

subcutaneous

Question 4

SCI

Answer 4

spinal cord injury

Question 5

S.D.

Answer 5

standard deviation

Question 6

SDA

Answer 6

specific dynamic action

Question 7

sed rat

Answer 7

sedimentation rate

Question 8

SGOT

Answer 8

serum glutamic oxaloacetic
transaminase

Question 9

SGPT

Answer 9

serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase

Question 10

SH

Answer 10

social history

Question 11

sibs

Answer 11

brothers and sisters

Question 12

SIDS

Answer 12

sudden infant death syndrome

Question 13

sig

Answer 13

sign; write or set mark upon

Question 14

SL

Answer 14

sublingual

Question 15

SLE

Answer 15

systemic lupus erythematosus

Question 16

SOAP

Answer 16

subjective, objective,
assessment, plan

Question 17

SOB

Answer 17

shortness of breath

Question 18

Sol

Answer 18

solution

Question 19

S.O.S.

Answer 19

si opus sit (if there is a need)

Question 20

S/P

Answer 20

status postop

Question 21

spec

Answer 21

specimen

Question 22

sp gr

Answer 22

specific gravity

Question 23

SQ

Answer 23

subcutaneous

Question 24

ss

Answer 24

one half

Question 25

S & S

Answer 25

signs and symptoms

Question 26

SSE

Answer 26

soapsuds enema

Question 27

SSS

Answer 27

subscapular skinfold

Question 28

Staph

Answer 28

staphylococcus

Question 29

stat

Answer 29

statim (immediately)

Question 30

STD

Answer 30

sexually transmitted
disease

Question 31

Strep

Answer 31

streptococcus

Question 32

supp

Answer 32

suppository

Question 33

S.W.

Answer 33

social worker

Question 34

Sx

Answer 34

symptoms

Question 35

Sy

Answer 35

syphilis