Acronym's Are Not My Friend
Acronym's Are Not My Friend
Hi all, I am new here and have been reading up on many of the informative posts! One of my biggest problems has been trying to decipher many of the abbreviated acronyms that are used A LOT! I have no trouble looking up unfamiliar words and expanding my vocabulary and medical terminology knowledge, but those plain capital letters used to designate ? are a big handicap for me. Please excuse some basic "dumb" questions I may post as I move along through my reading. Thank you all in advance!
Re: Acronym's Are Not My Friend
LOL! (sorry, could not resist!) I don't know too many of them either.
By the way, hi and welcome to TIMS!
By the way, hi and welcome to TIMS!
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Re: Acronym's Are Not My Friend
Hi JPH and welcome!JPH wrote:Hi all, I am new here and have been reading up on many of the informative posts! One of my biggest problems has been trying to decipher many of the abbreviated acronyms that are used A LOT! I have no trouble looking up unfamiliar words and expanding my vocabulary and medical terminology knowledge, but those plain capital letters used to designate ? are a big handicap for me. Please excuse some basic "dumb" questions I may post as I move along through my reading. Thank you all in advance!
NHE put together a glossary of abbreviations for us on pg 2 of the Forums FAQ thread here:
http://www.thisisms.com/forum/site-supp ... ml#p210825
Click on the link above and scroll down a ways. And if that doesn't cover them all, feel free to ask.
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Re: Acronym's Are Not My Friend
Thank you euphoniaa for that link! I will read it and try to get a crash course in the art of abbreviated medical terminology (aoamt) ;)