What is sig medical abbreviation?

What is sig in medical terms?

In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of sig. However, what does the medical term sig stand for?

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In the medicine field, the medical abbreviation sig means signal; label; signature.

sig: signal; label; signature

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BSC	biological safety cabinet; bedside commode
BWS	battered woman syndrome
CLD	chronic liver disease
CMHC	community mental health center
COCs	combined oral contraceptives (estrogen and progestin)
CVAT	costovertebral angle tenderness
D/A	date of admission
DNKA	did not keep appointment
DSM-IV	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
EEG	Electroencephalogram
EIC	Epidermal Inclusion Cyst
FEM-POP	femoral-popliteal
G6-PD	glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase
HCM	Health Care Maintenance
HH	Hiatal Hernia
HIA	health impact assessment
HOB	Head Of Bed
HOSA	health occupations students of
HRT	Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSCT	hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
L-3	third lumbar vertebra
LG	left gluteal/gluteus
LOA	Lysis Of Adhesions
LRSB	lower right sternal border
MLT	medical laboratory technician
N	Nausea
NSC	national safety council
Nb	Niobium (element)
OOB	Out Of Bed
PDIS	patient discharge instruction sheet
PK test	Prausnitz-kustner test
RAE	right atrial enlargement
RD	Retinal Detachment; also Registered Dietician
RNST	reactive non stress test
RPM	revolutions per minute
RVAD	Right Ventricular Assist Device
RVF	right ventricular function; right ventricular failure
SGOT	serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
SVG	Saphenous Vein Graft
Sr	Strontium (element)
TCH	turn, cough, hyperinflate
WNWD	well-nourished, well-developed
biol	biologic
esp	especially
mg/dl	milligrams per deciliter
mmol	millimole (1/1000th of a mole)
pc	after meals (post cibos)
sRNA	soluble RNA
supf.	superficial
v/v	volume per volume