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Common Abbreviations (Q - R)
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| Abbreviation | Word or Phrase |
|---|---|
| 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