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Welcome to the MTWorld free resource on medical abbreviations. We have gathered the most common medical abbreviations and made them available for your use on our website. Although these standard medical abbreviations have been designed with medical transcription in mind, they can also benefit non medical transcriptionists and anyone else in a healthcare or medical career field who would find this information useful.

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R Respirations, roentgen
R/O Rule out
RA Rheumatoid arthritis
RAD Right anterior descending
RAIU Radioactive iodine uptake
RAO Right anterior oblique
RBBB Right bundle branch block
RBC Red blood cell
RCA Right coronary artery
REM Rapid eye movement
RF Renal failure
RF Rheumatic fever, rheumatoid factor
RFI Renal failure index
Rh Rhesus blood factor
Rh neg. (Rh-) Rhesus factor negative
Rh pos. (Rh+) Rhesus factor positive
RIND Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit
RLQ Right lower quadrant
RMSF Rocky Mountain spotted fever
RN Registered nurse
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROM Range of motion (of joint)
RSD Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
RSI Rapid-sequence intubation
RSV Respiratory syncytial virus
RUQ Right uper quadrant
RVMI Right ventricular myocardial infarction
Rx Prescription

 
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