Common Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. P
   Professional
2. P
   Parallel
3. P
   After
4. P
   Pulse
5. Q
   Cardiac Output
6. Q
   Quality
7. Q
   Perfusion
8. Q
   Glutamine
9. Q
   Quaque (Latin: each, every; used in medical prescriptions)
10. Q
    also
11. Q
    each or every
12. RET
    retinoscopy
13. S
    Without
14. S
    School
15. S
    Seconds
16. S
    Serine
17. S
    Safety
18. S
    Supervisor
19. S
    Support
20. S
    without (usually written with a bar on top of the "s")

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