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

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.
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  • [–] 13 points 10 months 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"
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