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

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

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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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