A type of contagious, infectious disease is transmitted by rats infected with the virus. A blood test for follicle-stimulating hormone is used to evaluate fertility in women. B-ALL: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.AMI: Acute myocardial infarction ( heart attack).This is a shortlist of common abbreviations you may have seen on a doctor's notepad a prescription drug package or bottle lab or other test results or in your doctor's notes. Therefore, it is important to understand the context in which the abbreviation or term has been used.Ībbreviations, acronyms, and medical terminology are used for many conditions, and for instructions on medication prescribed by your doctor. There is no standard or approved list used by health care professionals to search for medical acronyms or abbreviations. Have you ever seen the doctor's notes in your medical record and found peculiar abbreviations and jargon? Do you wonder what the letters and numbers mean on your prescriptions or other items related to a disease, syndrome, or disorder?ĭoctors and other health care professionals commonly use a list of abbreviations, acronyms, and other medical terminology as a reference to rapidly search and accurately record information about, and give instructions to their patients. Have you ever wondered why you can't read the doctor's note or the letters and numbers on a prescription? Health care professionals often quickly scribble notes with important medical information that they would like a patient to reference in regard to the type of current, or recently diagnosed disease, syndrome, or other health condition(s). What should I know about medical abbreviations? What do they mean?