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  1. Appendix B: Some Common Abbreviations 
    Learn some common medical abbreviations and acronyms from the Understanding Medical Words tutorial on MedlinePlus. ... websites. This is a list of some common abbreviations and acronyms. Abbreviation Stands for More information ABG Arterial blood gases ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/appendixb.html -
  2. Understanding Medical Words: Abbreviations—Part 1 of 2 
    ... Break It Up Word Roots Beginnings and Endings Abbreviations Learn More Some final tips about "alphabet soup." ... are shorthand for longer words. They may be abbreviations or acronyms (words made of letters from several words.) Here ... Who invented these? And why? Health professionals use abbreviations so they don't have to repeatedly write ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/medwords/abbreviations1.html -
  3. Understanding Medical Words: Abbreviations—Part 2 of 2 
    ... Break It Up Word Roots Beginnings and Endings Abbreviations Learn More Your doctor gives you a prescription. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/medwords/abbreviations2.html -
  4. Current Vaccine Shortages and Delays (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Pneumonia/Related Issues ... Pneumonia ... Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccines/Related Issues ... Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccines ... Childhood Vaccines/ ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vaccines-us/shortages-delays.html - External Health Links
  5. X-linked immunodeficiency with magnesium defect, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and neoplasia 
    ... virus infection, and neoplasia (typically known by the acronym XMEN) is a disorder that affects the immune ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...pstein-barr-virus-infection-and-neoplasia - Genetics
  6. Short stature, hyperextensibility, hernia, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly, and teething delay 
    ... anomaly, and teething delay, commonly known by the acronym SHORT syndrome, is a rare disorder that affects ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...ression-rieger-anomaly-and-teething-delay - Genetics
  7. IMAGe syndrome 
    ... and genital anomalies is commonly known by the acronym IMAGe. This rare syndrome has signs and symptoms ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/image-syndrome - Genetics
  8. Understanding Medical Words Tutorial 
    ... 3. Word Roots 4. Beginnings and Endings 5. Abbreviations 6. Learn More What's in this for me?  ... with links to lists of word parts and abbreviations.  Get the reference material for this tutorial . Page ... Word Parts or proceed to the next chapter Abbreviations. Quiz #3, Connecting Word Parts Question 1 of ... for hypercholesterolemia . Great job! Page 21 of 25 Abbreviations Some final tips about "alphabet soup." You know— ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../Tutorial_Understanding_Medical_Words.pdf -
  9. Living Donation (Health Resources and Services Administration)  
    Organ Donation/Learn More ... Organ Donation ... Health Resources and Services Administration ... Organ donation, transplantation, waiting list, data ... The OPTN is operated ...
    https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/.../living-donation/living-donation - External Health Links
  10. FDA-Approved HIV Medicines From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research)  
    HIV Medicines/Patient Handouts ... HIV Medicines ... HIV Medicines/Start Here ... HIV Medicines ... National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research ... From the National ...
    https://hivinfo.nih.gov/.../fact-sheets/fda-approved-hiv-medicines - External Health Links
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