What is sig in medical terms?
In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of sig. However, what does the medical term sig stand for?
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What is sig medical abbreviation?
In the medicine field, the medical abbreviation sig means signal; label; signature.
sig: signal; label; signature
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| BSC | biological safety cabinet; bedside commode |
| BWS | battered woman syndrome |
| CLD | chronic liver disease |
| CMHC | community mental health center |
| COCs | combined oral contraceptives (estrogen and progestin) |
| CVAT | costovertebral angle tenderness |
| D/A | date of admission |
| DNKA | did not keep appointment |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EIC | Epidermal Inclusion Cyst |
| FEM-POP | femoral-popliteal |
| G6-PD | glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HCM | Health Care Maintenance |
| HH | Hiatal Hernia |
| HIA | health impact assessment |
| HOB | Head Of Bed |
| HOSA | health occupations students of |
| HRT | Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| HSCT | hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| L-3 | third lumbar vertebra |
| LG | left gluteal/gluteus |
| LOA | Lysis Of Adhesions |
| LRSB | lower right sternal border |
| MLT | medical laboratory technician |
| N | Nausea |
| NSC | national safety council |
| Nb | Niobium (element) |
| OOB | Out Of Bed |
| PDIS | patient discharge instruction sheet |
| PK test | Prausnitz-kustner test |
| RAE | right atrial enlargement |
| RD | Retinal Detachment; also Registered Dietician |
| RNST | reactive non stress test |
| RPM | revolutions per minute |
| RVAD | Right Ventricular Assist Device |
| RVF | right ventricular function; right ventricular failure |
| SGOT | serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
| SVG | Saphenous Vein Graft |
| Sr | Strontium (element) |
| TCH | turn, cough, hyperinflate |
| WNWD | well-nourished, well-developed |
| biol | biologic |
| esp | especially |
| mg/dl | milligrams per deciliter |
| mmol | millimole (1/1000th of a mole) |
| pc | after meals (post cibos) |
| sRNA | soluble RNA |
| supf. | superficial |
| v/v | volume per volume |
