| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CT (as in CT Scan) | Computerised Tomography |
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
| CAT | Computerized Axial Tomography |
| DNA | Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid |
| D & C | Dilation and Curettage |
| DPT | Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| Hb | Haemoglobin |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoproteins |
| MMR | Measles, Mumps, Rubella |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NAD | No Apparent Distress |
| PUFA | Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acid |
| q.d | Every day |
| q.i.d. | Four times a day |
| t.i.d. | Three times a day |
| b.i.d | Twice a day |
| h.s. | At bedtime (Latin - hora somni) |
| Rx | Prescription |
| RBC | Red Blood Cells |
| WBC | White Blood Cells |
| Crispr | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |