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n/t: numbness and tingling NTP: Nortriptyline: NTS: nucleus tractus solitarii, or Solitary nucleus: NTT: nasotracheal tube (see intubation) NTX: N-telopeptide nu in each nostril N&V n/v: nausea and vomiting: NVD: normal vaginal delivery (see childbirth); nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea: NVDC: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation: NVI
AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "4 times a day") q.l. quantum libet: as much as is requisite q.n. quaque nocte: every night can be mistaken as "q.h." (every hour) q.o.d. quaque altera die: every other day mistaken for "QD," spell out "every other day". AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "every other day ...
WFH – work from home. Used in the subject line or body of the email. 1L – One Liner. Used at the beginning of the subject when the subject of the email is the only text contained in the email. This prefix indicates to the reader that it is not necessary to open the email. E.g., "1L: WFH today".
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
Manual of Style (MoS) This guideline covers the use of abbreviations —including acronyms and initialisms, contractions, and other shortenings —in the English Wikipedia . Maintaining a consistent abbreviation style allows Wikipedia to be read, written, edited, and navigated more easily by readers and editors.
Nota bene ( / ˈnoʊtə ˈbɛneɪ /, / ˈnoʊtə ˈbɛni / or / ˈnoʊtə ˈbiːni /; plural form notate bene) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well". [1] It is often abbreviated as NB or n.b., and first appeared in English writing c. 1711. [2] [3] [4] In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, [5] to draw the attention of the ...
Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols are used to communicate and detail the characteristics of an engineering drawing. This list includes abbreviations common to the vocabulary of people who work with engineering drawings in the manufacture and inspection of parts and assemblies. Technical standards exist to provide glossaries of ...
Trinitrotoluene (/ ˌ t r aɪ ˌ n aɪ t r oʊ ˈ t ɒ lj u iː n /), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, [citation needed] is a chemical compound with the formula C 6 H 2 (NO 2) 3 CH 3.