Common 3-Letter Medical Abbreviations & Acronyms Explained
Some three-letter medical terms include:
- AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- CAD - Coronary Artery Disease
- COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- UTI - Urinary Tract Infection
- CHD - Congenital Heart Disease
- CVA - Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)
- EKG - Electrocardiogram
- ER - Emergency Room
- GI - Gastrointestinal
- HBP - High Blood Pressure
- *Hep B* - Hepatitis B
- HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- *IUD* - Intrauterine Device
- IV - Intravenous
- MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- OB - Obstetrics
- *PA* - Physician Assistant
- *PCOS* - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- RX - Prescription
- STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease
- *TIA* - Transient Ischemic Attack (Mini-stroke)
- TB - Tuberculosis
- UTI - Urinary Tract Infection
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