Acronym

Stands For

Notes

BID

Twice a day

BP

Blood Pressure

CAT

Computed Tomography

Non-invasive, painless medical test

CBC

Complete Blood Count

CNS

Central Nervous System

CORD

Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

http://www.raredisorders.ca/

CT

Computed Tomography

Non-invasive, painless medical test

DC

Discontinue

DI

Diabetes Insipidus

Disorder with abnormal increase in urine output

Dx

Diagnosis

Determination of the nature of a disease

ECD

Erdheim-Chester Disease

A rare multi-system non-Langershans Cell histiocytosis

FCB

Full Blood Count

HAA

Histiocytosis Association of America

www.histio.org

Hb

Hemoglobin

HCT

Hematocrit

HDL

High Density Lipoprotein

HS

Histiocyte Society

Physician organization focused on histiocytic diseases

ICORD

International Conference on Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs

http://www.icord.cc/

LDL

Low Density Lipoprotein

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Non-invasive, painless medical test

NBM

Nil by Mouth

NORD

National Organization for Rare Diseases

www.rarediseases.org

NPO

Nothing by Mouth

OT

Occupational Therapy

PCP

Primary Care Physician

PET

Positron Emission Tomography

PRN

As needed

PT

Physical Therapy

QD

Everyday

QID

Four times a day

RFP

Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Rare disease causing fibrosis of the abdominal cavity

Rx

Prescription

A medical prescription

Sx

Symptoms

Symptoms experienced by a patient

TID

Three times a day

WBC

White Blood Cell