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Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. 2008. Austin. University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. 2013. Houston. University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston McGovern Medical School. 1970. Galveston.
Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) QALY. quality-adjusted life year. q.AM. every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem) q.d. every day (from Latin quaque die)
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List of largest biomedical companies by revenue. The following is a list of independent pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical companies listed on a stock exchange (as indicated) that have generated a revenue of at least US$ 10 billion, ranked by their revenue in the respective financial year. It does not include biotechnology companies that ...
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