What is a.c. in medical terms?
In some cases, the abbreviation a.c. may have a few different meanings. However, what does the medical term a.c. stand for?
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What is the a.c. medical abbreviation?
In the medical field, the medical abbreviation a.c. stands for Before meals. As in taking a medicine before meals..
a.c.: Before meals. As in taking a medicine before meals.
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ANED | Alive no evidence of disease. The patient arrived in the ER alive with no evidence of disease. |
| BBT | basal body temperature |
| BTE | behind the ear (heading aids) |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| CCP | clinical care pathway |
| CHB | complete heart block |
| CSO | chief scientific officer |
| CT/GC | Chlamydia Trachomatis/Neisseria Gonorrhea |
| DPM | Doctor of Podiatric Medicine |
| DRESS | drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms |
| DVT | Deep Venous Thrombosis |
| EOC | Emergency Operations Center |
| EPEP | end positive expiratory pressure |
| FACR | Fellow of the American College of Radiology |
| FOC | fronto-occipital circumference |
| GOMER | Slang for “get out of my emergency room.” |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HGF | hematopoietic factor; hepatocyte growth factor; human growth factor |
| HPI | History of Present Illness |
| IOP | Intra-Ocular Pressure |
| IWMI | inferior wall myocardial infarction |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment; mass casualty incident |
| MEDS | Medicines |
| MMEFR | maximal mid-expiratory flow rate |
| MSF | meconium stained fluid |
| MSSA | Methicillin Sensitive Staph Aureus |
| N/V | Nausea or vomiting. |
| NBN | newborn |
| NKHG | nonketotic hyperglycinemia |
| OBS | organic brain syndrome; obstetrics |
| OS | Left Eye |
| PCWP | Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure |
| PMR | polymyalgia rheumatica |
| PRBC | packed red blood cell(s) |
| PTFE | polytetrafluoroethylene |
| QCT | quantitative computed tomography |
| SIL | squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| SVR | sustained virologic response; systemic vascular resistance |
| T.A.T. | toxin-antitoxin |
| TAR | total ankle replacement; total all routes (intake) |
| TJC | The Joint Commission |
| US | Ultrasound |
| WIB | western immunoblot |
| dis | disabled; discontinue; disease; discussed |
| g | gram, a unit of weight. The cream is available in both 30 and 60 gram tubes. |
| inv | inversion |
| mem | member; memory |
| nutr | nutrition; nutritionist |
| sut | suture |
| tTG | antitransglutaminase |
| ug | microgram (0.000001 gram) |
