What is pCi in medical terms?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation pCi. However, what does the pCi medical term mean?
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What is the pCi medical abbreviation?
In medicine, the medical abbreviation pCi means picocurie.
pCi: picocurie
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| ACS | Acute Coronary Syndrome |
| BSc | Bachelor of Science |
| Br | Bromine (element) |
| COTA | certified occupational therapy assistant |
| D/C or DC | Discontinue or discharge. For example, a doctor will D/C a drug. Alternatively, the doctor might DC a patient from the hospital. |
| DON | director of nursing |
| DVT | Deep Venous Thrombosis |
| Diff | differential |
| EFM | electronic fetal monitor |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| ERP | effective refractory period; emergency response plan |
| FBD | fibrocystic disease |
| G6P | glucose 6 phosphate |
| GOT | glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase |
| GUM | genitourinary medicine |
| H2 | Histamine 2 |
| IDC | institution disciplinary committee |
| KS | Kaposi’s Sarcoma |
| LASER | light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
| LG | left gluteal/gluteus |
| LOP | left occiput posterior |
| LTD | lowest tolerated dose |
| LoChol | low cholesterol |
| MAST | military anti-shock trousers |
| MBD | minimal brain dysfunction |
| MC | medical corps |
| MHT | menopause hormone therapy; mental health therapist |
| MMT | manual muscle test |
| NMDA | N-methyl D-aspartate |
| NSTEMI | non-ST elevation myocardial infarction |
| PR3 | proteinase 3 |
| PTC | points to consider; plasma thromboplastin component; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; papillary thyroid cancer |
| PsA | psoriatic arthritis |
| REB | Rebound, as in rebound tenderness of the abdomen when pushed in and then released. |
| RK | radial keratotomy |
| RVC | responds to verbal commands |
| RVF | right ventricular function; right ventricular failure |
| SA | Sino-Atrial; Staph Aureus |
| SH | serum hepatitis; social history |
| SLR | Straight Leg Raise |
| SRT | speech reception threshold on audiometry |
| WBAT | Weight Bearing As Tolerated |
| WD | well developed |
| del | delivery, delivered |
| fld | fluid |
| grad | by degrees; gradual |
| h/o | history of |
| mCi | millicurie |
| primip | primipara |
| vit | vitamin |
