What does the medical abbreviation TOX mean?
There may be more than one meaning of TOX. However, what does the TOX medical term stand for?
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What is the TOX medical abbreviation?
In medicine, the medical abbreviation TOX means Toxicology.
TOX: Toxicology
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| CDU | chemical dependency unit |
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| ECHO | Echocardiography |
| EPITH | epithelial |
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| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FFPE | fresh-frozen paraffin-embedded tissue |
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| LV FXN | Left Ventricular Function |
| M/uL | million per microliter |
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| PFP | pay for performance |
| RTT | referral to treatment |
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