Common Abbreviations (Q - R)
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Abbreviation | Word or Phrase |
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Q | Quadrant |
QID | Four times a day |
R | Roentgen |
R | Respiration |
R | Right |
RA | Radium |
RAD | Radiation |
RAD | Radiation Absorbed Dose |
RAD | Radical |
RAEB (-T) | Refractory anemia with excess blasts (in transformation) |
RAIU | Radioactive iodine (I 131) uptake |
RARS | Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts |
RBC | Red blood cells |
RCM | Right costal margin |
RCS | Reticulum cell sarcoma |
REG | Radioencephalogram |
RES | Reticuloendothelial system |
RESEC | Resection |
RESP | Respiratory |
RH | Rhesus (monkey) factor in blood |
RIA | Radioimmunoassay |
RIF | Right iliac fossa |
RIQ | Right inner quadrant (abdomen) |
RLE | Right lower extremity |
RLL | Right lower lobe (lung) |
RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
RML | Right middle lobe (lung) |
RMS | Rhabdomyosarcoma |
RN | Registered nurse |
RNP | Registered nurse practioner |
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
RO, R/O | Rule out |
ROF | Review of outside films |
ROM | Range of motions |
ROS | Review of slides |
ROS | Review of outside slides |
ROQ | Right outer quadrant (abdomen) |
RSO | Right salpingo-oophorectomy |
R-S cells | Reed-Sternberg cells |
RT | Radiation therapy |
RT | Right |
RUE | Right upper extremity |
RUL | Right upper lobe |
RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
R-V | Rectovaginal |
RX | Treatment |
Updated: December 28, 2023