Medical Terminology Simplified

Abbreviations and Symbols • APPENDIX E 619

U&L, U/L upper and lower

ung ointment

UPP uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

URI upper respiratory infection

US ultrasound; ultrasonography

UTI urinary tract infection

V

VA visual acuity

VC vital capacity

VCUG voiding cystourethrography

VD venereal disease

VF visual field

VSD ventricular septal defect

VT ventricular tachycardia

VUR vesicoureteral reflux

W

WBC, wbc white blood cell

WD well-developed

WN well-nourished

WNL within normal limits

X, Y, Z

XP, XDP xeroderma pigmentosum

XT exotropia

ther therapy

THR total hip replacement

TIA transient ischemic attack

t.i.d.* three times a day

TKA total knee arthroplasty

TKR total knee replacement

TPPV trans pars plana vitrectomy

TPR temperature, pulse, and respiration

TRAM transverse rectus abdominis

muscle

TRUS transrectal ultrasonography

TSE testicular self-examination

TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone

TSS toxic shock syndrome

TURP transurethral resection of the

prostate

TVH total vaginal hysterectomy

TVH-BSO total vaginal hysterectomy–

bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

Tx treatment

U

UA urinalysis

UC uterine contractions

UGI upper gastrointestinal

UGIS upper gastrointestinal series

Abbreviation Meaning Abbreviation Meaning

*Although these abbreviations are currently found in medical records and clinical notes, they are easily misinterpreted. Thus, the Joint

Commission (formerly JCAHO) requires their discontinuance. Instead, they recommend to write out their meanings. For a

summary of these abbreviations, see the table that follows.

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