Название: DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS - 5th Ed
Автор: Stanley Jablonski
Страниц: 983
Формат: PDF
Язык: Английский
Год: 2005
DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS - 5th Ed Compiled and edited by Stanley Jablonski PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION Acronyms and abbreviations are used extensively in medicine, science and technology for good reason—they are more essential in such fields. It would be difficult to imagine how one could write down chemical and mathematical formulas and equations without using abbreviations or symbols. In medicine, they are used as a convenient shorthand in writing medical records, instructions, and prescriptions, and as space-saving devices in printed literature. It is easier and more economical to write down the acronyms HETE and RAAS than their full names 12-L-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, respectively.