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<strong>MEDICAL</strong> ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS (CONT)<br />

SAA<br />

Stokes-Adams attacks<br />

SB<br />

stillborn<br />

SBE<br />

subacute bacterial endocarditis<br />

SB test<br />

Stanford-Binet test<br />

SC<br />

subcutaneous<br />

SCD<br />

service connected disability<br />

SCM<br />

sternocleidomastoid<br />

SD<br />

standard deviation<br />

SDS<br />

sudden death syndrome<br />

SEM<br />

standard error of the mean<br />

SF<br />

spinal fluid<br />

sg<br />

specific gravity<br />

SH<br />

serum hepatitis<br />

SI<br />

seriously ill<br />

sib<br />

sibling<br />

SIW<br />

self-inflicted wound<br />

SM<br />

systolic murmur<br />

SMA<br />

superior mesenteric artery<br />

SN<br />

student nurse<br />

SNS<br />

sympathetic nervous system<br />

SO<br />

salpingo-oophorectomy<br />

SOAP<br />

progress note format for POMR<br />

S- subjective<br />

O- objective<br />

A- assessment<br />

P- plans<br />

SOB<br />

shortness of breath<br />

S-O-R<br />

stimulus-organism-response<br />

MD0010 C-15

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