What does the medical abbreviation a.p. mean?
In some cases, there may be multiplied meanings of the a.p. abbreviation. However, what does a.p. mean in medical terms?
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What is a.p. medical abbreviation?
In medicine, the medical abbreviation a.p. means before a meal (Latin ante prandium.
a.p.: before a meal (Latin ante prandium
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ABNER | A Biomedical Named Entity Recognizer |
| AHPT | Allied Health Physical Therapy |
| BCPS | Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist |
| BRCA2 | Breast Cancer 2 |
| CAE | complement activity enzyme |
| CEBP | Centre of Evidence Based Physiotherapy |
| CGM | Continuous Glucose Monitoring |
| CHCS | Composite Health Care System |
| CLCH | Central London Community Healthcare |
| CNPA | Chronic Necrotizing Pulmonary Aspergillosis |
| CNRM | Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine |
| CPPD | Calcium Pyrophosphate Disease |
| CRMG | Cheyenne Regional Medical Group |
| DDAVP | desmopressin acetate |
| DOH | department of health |
| E8 | Elimination 8 initiative (Malaria) |
| EDHS | Egypt Demographic and Health Survey |
| EES | Erythromycin (erythromycin ethylsuccinate) |
| EHC | emergency hormonal contraception |
| EL | Esthetics License |
| ESCEO | European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis |
| Eu | Europium (element) |
| GPC | Gram Positive Coccus |
| HAVBED | Hospital Available Beds for Emergencies and Disasters |
| HBCR | Hospital Based Cancer Registries |
| HSRM | Health Survey Research Methods |
| IHIN | Iowa Health Information Network |
| IJML | International Journal of Medical Laboratory |
| IOSM | Irving Orthopedics and Sports Medicine |
| IPEM | Institute for Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
| ISMS | Illinois State Medical Society |
| ITU | Intensive therapy unit |
| JCHMT | Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training |
| JCMR | Jackson Community Medical Record |
| JOBH | Jefferson Oaks Behavioral Health |
| KFT | Kidney Function Test |
| LMSS | Liverpool Medical Students Society |
| LVN | Licensed Vocational Nurse |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| MEB | Medical Evaluation Board |
| MERT | medical emergency response team |
| MPD | myeloproliferative disorders; multiple personality disorder |
| MR | Mitral Regurgitation |
| MRFI | Medical and Resource Facilitation Intervention |
| MTLE | Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
| MUT | Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency |
| MenACWY-CRM | Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Quadrivalent (Menveo®) |
| NFTD | normal full term delivery |
| NPO | Nothing By Mouth |
| Neuro | neurology |
| O2Sat | Oxygen saturation (percent) |
| OCP | Oral Contraceptive Pill |
| OLAM | Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
| OLMC | on-line medical control |
| OMBC | Osteopathic Medical Board of California |
| PCN | penicillin; primary care network |
| PMSH | Pampanga Medical Specialist Hospital |
| PREM | patient reported experience measure |
| Pr | Praseodymium (element) |
| QP | As much as desired |
| R/S | reschedule |
| RAM | rapid alternating movements |
| RBE | relative biological effectiveness |
| RHW | Royal Hospital for Women |
| RICE | rest, ice, compression, elevation |
| RPLND | Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection |
| RSH | RiverSide HealthCare Home |
| RTCIT | Rapid Tissue Culture Infection Test |
| RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant |
| SASU | Surgical Assessment and Short stay Unit |
| SCJ | sternoclavicular joint |
| SDT | speech discrimination threshold (audiometry) |
| SHI | Spirituality Health Inventory |
| SIPPA | Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment |
| SLML | St Louis Medical Librarians |
| T&A | Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy |
| T-STATE | Tense State |
| TAA | Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm |
| TEB | Temporary Eye Bypass |
| TLI | total lymphoid irradiation |
| TORC | Transfusion Outcomes Research Collaborative |
| TPA | Tissue Plasminogen Activator |
| Treg | regulatory t cell |
| UVA | ultraviolet A (rays) |
| V tach | ventricular tachycardia |
| VLRA | verbal lead risk assessment |
| WWAV | WhiteWater Arroyo Virus |
| inhal | inhalation |
| lax | loose; laxative |
| lot | lotion |
| y/o | Years Old |
