What is dB in medical terms?
The dB abbreviation may have multiplied meanings. However, what is the medical term dB?
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What is dB medical abbreviation?
In the science & medicine field, the abbreviation dB means decibel (measurement of sound volume).
dB: decibel (measurement of sound volume)
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| APC | Atrial Premature Contraction |
| BCCTP | breast and cervical cancer (treatment) program |
| BMC | bone mineral content; bone marrow cells |
| BSC | biological safety cabinet; bedside commode |
| BTL | bilateral tubal ligation |
| CD-ROM | compact disc read-only memory |
| CEN | Certified Emergency Nurse |
| CFR | Certified First Responder; child fatality review; Code of Federal Regulations; case fatality ratio |
| CMT | Cervical Motion Tenderness; Charcot Marie Tooth |
| CPA | cerebellopontine angle; costophrenic angle |
| CPD | congenital polycystic disease; chronic pulmonary disease; cephalopelvic disproportion |
| CRPS | complex regional pain syndrome |
| DOD | date of death |
| DOPT | directly observed preventative therapy |
| Diff | differential |
| ER | External Rotation; also Emergency Room |
| ET-1 | endothelin-1 |
| Ed.D | Doctor of Education |
| Enf | Enfamil |
| HM | hand movement |
| HPI | History of Present Illness |
| IBD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| LRSB | lower right sternal border |
| Lytes | Electrolytes (potassium, sodium, carbon dioxide, and chloride). |
| MOA | memorandum of agreement; mechanism of action |
| MODS | multiple organ dysfunction syndrome |
| MSI | magnetic source imaging; microsatellite instability |
| MSSA | Methicillin Sensitive Staph Aureus |
| NCAT | Normocephalic Atraumatic |
| OB/GYN | obstetrics/gynecology |
| OGT | oral glucose tolerance (test) |
| PAP | pulmonary artery pressure; peak airway pressure; patient assistance programs |
| PCRA | patient controlled regional analgesia |
| PCV | pneumococcal vaccine; packed cell volume |
| PPO | preferred provider organization |
| PSVT | paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia |
| RHF | right heart failure |
| ROS | Review Of Systems |
| RPM | revolutions per minute |
| RUT | right upper thigh |
| TKA | Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| TORP | total ossicular replacement (prosthesis) |
| TPI | treponema pallidum immobilization (syphilis test); trigger point injection |
| UN | united nations |
| UO | Urine Output |
| dir | direct; director; direction |
| disch | discharge |
| inst | instruction, instructed; instrument; institution |
| kDNA | kinetoplast DNA |
| via | by way of |
