What is the meaning of the dim. medical abbreviation?
In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of dim.. However, what does the abbreviation dim. mean in medical terms?
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What does dim. medical abbreviation mean?
In medical field, the dim. medical term stands for halved.
dim.: halved
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ACLS | Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| ADA | American Diabetes Association |
| BE | Bacterial Endocarditis; also Barium Enema |
| BF | breast feed(ing); boyfriend |
| C&A | conscious and alert |
| CRR | consult review request |
| CRT | Certified Respiratory Therapist; capillary refill time; cardiac resynchronization therapy |
| CTO | clinical trial outline |
| CUD | carnitine uptake defect |
| DLSO | distal lateral subungual onychomycosis |
| ETU | endotoxin unit; emergency trauma unit |
| GS | Gram Stain |
| HDU | high dependency unit; Hemodialysis Unit |
| HSM | Holo-Systolic Murmur; also Hepato-Splenomegaly |
| Hem | hemoglobin |
| ITU | Intensive therapy unit |
| LAFB | left anterior fascicular block |
| LB | live birth; lower body |
| LDR | labor, delivery, recovery |
| LFD | low fat diet |
| LTG | long-term goals |
| MADD | mothers against drunk driving |
| MCAT | Medical College Admissions Test |
| MDR TB | multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
| MICU | Medical Intensive Care Unit |
| MIVA | monitored intravenous anesthesia |
| MUFA | monounsaturated fatty acids |
| NBTNF/M | newborn, term, normal, female/male |
| NDC | national drug code |
| NGTD | no growth to date (culture status) |
| OFC | occipital-frontal circumference |
| Peds | pediatrics |
| QoL | quality of life |
| RO | reverse osmosis; rule out |
| RSO | right salpingo oophorectomy; Radiation Safety Officer |
| SCID | severe combined immunodeficiency |
| STAT | Immediately |
| SUD | single-use device; substance use disorder; sudden unexpected death |
| TA | transactional analysis; toxin-antitoxin; tentative approval; temporal arteritis |
| TMJ | Temporo-Mandibular Joint |
| TTP | Tender To Palpation; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| UCB | umbilical cord blood |
| UCTD | undifferentiated connective tissue disease |
| UG | urogenital |
| cTnT | cardiac troponin T |
| cig | cigarette |
| fld | fluid |
| grav | pregnancy (gravida) |
| h.s. | At bedtime. As in taking a medicine at bedtime. |
| incompat | incompatible |
| vent | ventilate |
