abdomen	abdo.
before meals	a.c.
Admission weight	adm wt
morning	a.m.
alive and well	a&w
twice a day	b.d.
bowel movement	BM
body mass index	BMI
basal metabolic rate	BMR
bowels not opened	BNO
blood pressure	BP
bowel sounds	BS
blood test	BT
Blood urea nitrogen	BUN
birth weingt	BWt
complains of	c/o
creatinine	creat
C reactive protein	CRP
diarrhoea	D
diabetes mellitus	DM
diarrhoea and vomiting	D&V
did not attend	DNA
date od birth	DOB
electrolytes	E
erythrocyte sedimentation rate	ESR
female	F
full blood count	FBC
gall bladder	GB
general condition	GC
gastrointestinal	GI
general practitioner	GP
glucose tolerance test	GTT
gastric ulcer	GU
glycated haemoglobin	HbA1c
high	H
high density lipoprotein	LDL
height	Ht
history	Hx
history and physical examination	H&P
hyperactive	Hyper
hypoactive	Hypo
ideal body weight	IBW
intake/output	I/O
intravenous fluids	IVF
low	L
M	male
M/F	male/female
married/widow/single	M/W/S
nausea	N
not applicable	NA
no abnormality detected	NAD
National Insurance Number	NIN
at night	nocte
no significant abnormality	NSA
not yet diagnosed	NYD
on admission	O/A
obesity	OBS
on examination	O/E
overweignt	ow
pulse/protein	P
after food	p.c.
afternoon	P.m.
by mouth	p.o.
as required	p.r.n.
patient	pt
four times a day	q.i.d.
red blood count	RBC
refer	ref.
regular	reg.
return to clinic	RTC
single/sugar	S
short of breath	SOB
temperature	T
three times daily	t.i.d.
temperature,puls, respiration	TPR
urea	U
usual body weight	UBW
vomiting	V
white blood count	WBC
within normal limits	WNL
weight	Wt
weight history	Wt Hx
X-ray	XR
year of birth	YOB