What is the meaning of the medical abbreviation IRS?
In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of IRS. However, what does the IRS medical term stand for?
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What does IRS medical abbreviation stand for?
In science & medicine, the IRS medical term mean identical, related, or similar.
IRS: identical, related, or similar
Related Medical Abbreviations
BID | Twice a Day |
BRAO | Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion |
C DIF | Clostridium Difficile |
CPPD | Calcium Pyrophosphate Disease |
ECMO | Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
FEM | Femoral |
GERI | geriatrics |
GMO | genetically modified organism |
Hb A1c | glycosylated hemoglobin |
ICF | intermediate care facility; intracellular fluid |
IFA | immunofluorescence assay |
IJ | Internal Jugular |
KUB | Kidneys Ureters and Bladder |
L&A | light and accommodation |
LGSIL | low-grade squamous, intra-epithelial lesion |
LOB | loss of balance |
LQR/LSR | locked quiet room/locked seclusion room |
LUL | Left Upper Lobe; also Left Upper Lid |
MABP | mean arterial blood pressure |
MDS | Myelo dysplastic syndrome |
OFTT | organic failure to thrive |
OPROC | outpatient procedure |
OTR | registered occupational therapist |
Ortho | orthopedics |
P&A | percussion and auscultation |
P&R | pulse and respiration |
PBSCT | peripheral blood stem cell transplantation |
PCC | Poison Control Center |
PFTs | Pulmonary Function Tests |
R/S | reschedule |
RHD | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
RNA | ribonucleic acid |
RNP | ribonucleoprotein |
RNST | reactive non stress test |
RUT | right upper thigh |
Rx | prescription |
SIRI | serious incident requiring investigation |
Strep | streptococcus |
T&S | Type and Screen |
TMD | temporomandibular disorder |
Tbsp | tablespoon |
UVGI | ultraviolet germicidal irradiation |
VCF | vaginal contraceptive film |
WNWD | well-nourished, well-developed |
WOB | work of breathing |
comp. | compound; complication; compounded of |
ddI | didanosine |
pct | percent |
prep | preparation |
qAM | Each morning. As in taking a medicine each morning. |
subst | substance |