Medical Abbreviations Starting With "R"
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| Medical Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| r | reactive |
| r | rectal |
| r | resistance |
| r | respiration |
| r | retinoscopy |
| r | right |
| r | roentgen |
| r bellii | rickettsia bellii |
| r conorii | rickettsia conorii |
| r esculenta | rana esculenta |
| r factor | resistance factor |
| r leguminosarum | rhizobium leguminosarum |
| r-s | reed-sternberg cells |
| r-v | rectal vaginal |
| R.Ph | Registered Pharmacist |
| r/g/m | Rubs/gallops/murmurs - heart sounds |
| R/O | Rule Out |
| r/s | requisition sent |
| r/t | related to |
| ra | double outlet right atrium |
| ra | radial |
| ra | radioactivity |
| RA | Radiologist's Assistant |
| ra | radionuclide angiography |
| Ra | radium |
| RA | Refractory anemia |
| ra | relative analgesia |
| ra | renal artery |
| ra | retinoic acid |
| ra | retrograde amnesia |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| ra | right anterior |
| ra | right arm |
| RA | Right atrium |
| ra | right auricle |
| ra | room air |
| raa | right atrial appendage |
| rab gg transferase | rab geranylgeranyltransferase |
| RACP | Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| RACS | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| rad | radial |
| rad | radiation |
| RAD | Reactive Airway Disease |
| RAD | Reactive attachment disorder |
| RAD | Reflex anal dilatation |
| RAD | Right Axis Deviation |
| Rad hys | Radical hysterectomy |
| rads | reactive airays dysfunction syndrome |
| raeb | refractory anemia with excess blasts |
| raeb-t | refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation |
| raebt | refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation |
| RAI | Radioactive Iodine |
| rai | ritchie articular index |
| raiu | radioactive iodine uptake |
| ram | rapid alternating movements |
| ran | resident admission note |
| RAN | Rural Area Computer Network |
| rao | retinal artery occlusion |
| rap | right atrial pressure |
| rapd | random amplified polymorphic dna |
| RAPD | Relative afferent pupillary defect |
| rapt | renfrew acton picture test |
| rara | retinoic acid receptor |
| rare | retinoic acid response elements |
| rars | refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts |
| ras | recurrent aphthous stomatitis |
| RAS | Renal artery stenosis |
| ras | renin angiotensin system |
| ras | reticular activating system |
| ras | retrovirus associated sequence |
| rast | radioallergosorbent test |
| rat | recurrent acute tonsillitis |
| ratx | radiation therapy |
| rays | radiotherapy |
| rb | rectal bleeding |
| rb | retinoblastoma |
| rb | rio bravo fever |
| Rb | rubidium |
| RBBB | Right bundle branch block |
| RBC | Red blood cells |
| RBC | Red blood count |
| rbcs | red blood cells |
| rbf | regional blood flow |
| rbf | renal blood flow |
| rbg | random blood glucose |
| rbg | red blue green |
| RBLM | Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis |
| rbn | retrobulbar neuritis |
| rbp | retinol binding protein |
| rbp | riboflavin binding protein |
| RBRVS | Resource-Based Relative Value Scale |
| rbs | red blood cell |
| rc | conditioned response |
| rc | receptor |
| rc | red cell |
| rc | referred care |
| rc | repeated contractions technique |
| rc | respiratory care |
| rc | respiratory center |
| rc | respite care |
| rc | retinal correspondence |
| rc | rib cage |
| rc | root canal |
| rca | renal cell carcinoma |
| rca | right carotid artery |
| RCA | Right coronary artery |
| rcb | retrocalcaneal bursitis |
| rcba | reading comprehension for aphasia |
| rcc | red cell cast |
| RCC | Renal cell carcinoma |
| rcc | right coronary cusp |
| rcca | right common carotid artery |
| rccp | renal cell carcinoma, papillary |
| rcdp | rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata |
| rcf | root canal filling |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| rcl | radial collateral ligament |
| RCM | Restrictive cardiomyopathy |
| RCM | Right costal margin |
| RCM | Royal College of Midwives |
| RCN | Royal College of Nursing |
| RCOG | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| rcol | relative likelihoods of clinical observation |
| RCP | Royal College of Pathologists |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians |
| RCPA | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| rcrd | retinal cone rod dystrophy |
| rcs | renal coloboma syndrome |
| rcs | repeat cesarean section |
| rcs | reticulum cell sarcoma |
| RCS | Royal College of Surgeons (England) |
| RCSI | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| RCT | Randomized Clinical Trial |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| rct | root canal therapy |
| rcu | respiratory care unit |
| rd | radial deviation |
| rd | raynaud's disease |
| rd | reading |
| rd | reducing diet |
| RD | Registered Dietician |
| rd | reiter's disease |
| rd | renal disease |
| rd | repair of retinal detachment |
| rd | respiratory distress |
| RD | Retinal detachment |
| rd | rheumatoid disease |
| rd | right deltoid |
| rd | rubber dam |
| rda | representational difference analysis |
| rdls | reynell developmental language scales |
| rdp | dystonia parkinsonism, rapid onset |
| rdpa | refsum disease with increased pipecolicacidemia |
| RDS | Respiratory distress syndrome |
| RDW | red blood cell distribution width |
| re | reconditioning exercise |
| re | rectal examination |
| re | regarding |
| re | regional enteritis |
| re | retrograde ejaculation |
| Re | rhenium |
| reab | research evaluation and analysis branch |
| react | reaction tester |
| real | revised european and american lymphoma |
| rec | fresh |
| rec | record |
| rec | recovery |
| rec | recurrence |
| rec'd | received |
| recd | received |
| recomb | conference on computational molecular biology |
| rect | rectum |
| red | return to emergency department |
| redy | regeneration of dialysate |
| ree | resting energy expenditure |
| reeda | redness, edema, ecchymosis, drainage, approximation |
| ref | reference |
| reg | region |
| reg | regular |
| rehab | rehabilitation |
| rel | relative |
| rel | release |
| REM | Rapid eye movement |
| rem | real ear measurement |
| rem | reticular erythematous mucinosis |
| rem sleep | rapid eye movement sleep |
| rep | repair |
| rep | retrograde pyelogram |
| repbase | prototypic sequences for human repetitive dna |
| reps | repetitions |
| rer | respiratory exchange ratio |
| rer | rough endoplasmic reticulum |
| res | reticuloendothelial system |
| resp | respiration |
| resp | respondent |
| ret | rational emotive therapy |
| ret | retired |
| retic | reticulocyte |
| retic ct | reticulocyte count |
| rev | revolution |
| rf | rectus femoris |
| rf | renal failure |
| rf | respiratory failure |
| RF | Rheumatic fever |
| RF | Rheumatoid factor |
| rf | root filling |
| rfa | right femoral artery |
| RFE | Reason for encounter |
| rfe | reasons for eating |
| rff | radial forearm flap |
| RFLP | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| rfp | request for proposal |
| rfs | renal fanconi syndrome |
| RFT | Renal function test |
| rfv | congenital rearfoot varus |
| rfviii | recombinant factor viii |
| rg | radical gastrectomy |
| rg | reactive gastritis |
| rg | retinal ganglion |
| rg ii | rhamnogalacturonan ii |
| rgm | respiratory gas monitor |
| rgo | reciprocating gait orthosis |
| rgp | radial growth phase |
| rgs | rieger syndrome |
| rh | cord blood |
| rh | radiation hybrid |
| rh | residential home |
| rh | rest home |
| Rh | Rhesus factor |
| Rh | rhodium |
| rh factor | rhesus factor |
| rh neg | rhesus factor negative |
| rh pos | rhesus factor positive |
| rh- | rhesus factor negative |
| rh+ | rhesus factor positive |
| rha | english regional health authority |
| rha | right heart assist operation |
| rha | right hepatic artery |
| RHC | Rural Health Clinic |
| rhd | rheumatic heart disease |
| rhdnase | recombinant human deoxyribonuclease i |
| RhF | Rheumatoid factor |
| rhf | right heart failure |
| rhig | rh factor immune globulin |
| rhm | rapid hand movements |
| rhogam | igg antibody to rh antigen |
| rhot | right hypotropia |
| rhs | rapp hodgkin syndrome |
| rht | replacement hormone therapy |
| rht | right hypertrophia |
| rhyns | retinitis pigmentosa, hypopituitarism, nephronophthisis, and mild skeletal dysplasia |
| ri | immune to rubella |
| ri | radioisotope therapy |
| ri | reflex inhibition |
| ri | renal index |
| ri | residual inhibition of tinnitus |
| ri | rhesus isoimmunisation |
| RIA | Radioimmunoassay |
| RIBA | Radioimmunoblotting assay |
| rica | right internal carotid artery |
| RICE | Rest, ice, compression, and elevation (treatment for a soft tissue injury) |
| ricu | respiratory intensive care unit |
| ridd | recombinant interleukin 2, dacarbazine, ddp |
| rif | right iliac fossa |
| rih | right inguinal hernia |
| RIMA | Reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A |
| rima | right internal mammary artery |
| RIND | Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit |
| rip | raised intracranial pressure |
| rip | reflex inhibiting patterning |
| rip | reflex inhibiting posture |
| ripa | radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| ripa | ross information processing assessment |
| risa | radioactive iodinated serum albumin |
| rist | radioimmunosorbent test |
| rk | radial keratotomy |
| rl | right lateral |
| rl | right leg |
| rl | right lung |
| RL | Ringer's lactate |
| RLE | Right lower extremity |
| RLF | Retrolental fibroplasia |
| rlgs | restriction landmark genomic scanning |
| rll | lower lobe of right lung |
| rll | right lower lid |
| rll | right lower lip |
| rll | right lower lobe |
| RLN | Recurrent laryngeal nerve |
| RLN | Regional lymph node |
| rlnd | radical lymph node dissection |
| rloc | recovery locus of control scale |
| RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
| RLS | Restless legs syndrome |
| rlv | regional lung volume |
| rlz | right lower zone pneumonia |
| rm | radical mastectomy |
| rm | radical mastoidectomy |
| rm | red marrow |
| rm | registered midwife |
| rm | remission |
| rm | respiratory movement |
| rma | right mentoanterior |
| rmb | right main bronchus |
| rmca | right middle cerebral artery |
| rmcat | right middle cerebral artery thrombosis |
| RMDs | Repetitive motion disorders |
| rme | rapid maxilllary expansion appliance |
| rmg | reflectance glucose meter |
| rml | middle lobe of right lung |
| rmle | right mediolateral episiotomy |
| RMO | Resident Medical Officer |
| rmo | responsible medical officer |
| rmp | regional medical program |
| rmp | resting membrane potential |
| rmp | rifampin |
| rmp | right mentoposterior |
| rms | red man syndrome |
| rms | rhabdomyosarcoma |
| rmsf | rocky mountain spotted fever |
| rmss | ruvalcaba myhre smith syndrome |
| rmt | recognition memory test |
| rmtd | rhythmic mid temporal discharge |
| rmz | right middle zone pneumonia |
| rn | radionuclide |
| rn | radon |
| rn | red nucleus |
| rn | reflux nephropathy |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| rn adrenals | scintadren only |
| rn soft tissue | early+delayed |
| rn soft tissue blood pool study | early and delayed |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| rnd | radical neck dissection |
| rni | recommended nutrient intake |
| RNP | Ribonucleoprotein |
| rnp ab | ribonucleoprotein antibody |
| rnp-ab | ribonucleoprotein antibody |
| rnpab | ribonucleoprotein antibody |
| RNV | Radionuclear Ventriculography |
| ro | rule out |
| roa | right occipitoanterior |
| roap | rubidazone, oncovin, ara c, prednisone |
| roc | receiver operating characteristic |
| roc | receptor operated channel |
| roca | rufous oculocutaneous albinism |
| rod | renal osteodystrophy |
| roi | region of interest |
| rol | right occipitolateral position |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| rom | read only memory |
| rom | removal of metalwork |
| rom | right otitis media |
| rom | rupture of membranes |
| rop | removal of plaster |
| ROP | Retinopathy of prematurity |
| rop | right occipital posterior |
| ros | removal of sutures |
| ROS | Review of systems |
| ROSC | Return of spontaneous circulation |
| rot | right occipital transverse |
| rotfl | rolling on the floor laughing |
| rou | recurrent oral ulceration |
| rp | radial pulse |
| rp | radiopharmaceutical |
| rp | raynaud's phenomenon |
| rp | rectal prolapse |
| rp | refractory period |
| rp | respiratory rate |
| rp | rest pain |
| rp | resting potential |
| rp | retinitis pigmentosa |
| rp | retrograde pyelogram |
| rp | ribose phosphate |
| rp | root planing of tooth |
| rpa | right pulmonary artery |
| rpab | rivermead perceptual assessment battery |
| rpc | retained products of conception |
| rpch | red pigment concentrating hormone |
| rpd | partial denture |
| rpda | right dominant posterior descending artery |
| rpe | retinal pigment epithelium |
| rped | retinal pigment epithelial detachment |
| rpf | renal plasma flow |
| rpf | retroperitoneal fibrosis |
| rpft | registered pulmonary function technician |
| rpg | retrograde pyelogram |
| RPGN | Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis |
| rpha | reverse passive hemagglutination |
| rplnd | retroperitoneal lymph node dissection |
| rpn | registered practical nurse |
| RPN | Registered Psychiatric Nurse |
| rpo | right posterior oblique |
| rpoc | retained products of conception |
| rpop | removal of plaster of paris |
| rpp | retropubic prostatectomy |
| RPR | Rapid plasma reagin test |
| rpr test | rapid plasma reagin test |
| RPSGB | Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
| rq | respiratory quotient |
| RR | Blood pressure measured with a specific sphygmomanometer |
| rr | leprosy reversal reaction |
| rr | no red reflex |
| rr | rate regular |
| rr | recovery room |
| rr | red reflex |
| RR | Respiratory rate |
| rr | ross river fever |
| rr&e | round, regular, and equal |
| RRC | Rural Referral Centers |
| rre | round, regular, and equal |
| rrf | ragged red fiber |
| rrln | right recurrent laryngeal nerve |
| rrna | ribosomal rna |
| rrp | radical retropubic prostatectomy |
| rrr | regular rate and rhythm |
| RRR, no m/r/g | Regular rate and rhythm; no murmurs, rubs, or gallops |
| rrt | registered respiratory therapist |
| rrtt | rotorest treatment table |
| rrv | ross river virus |
| rs | rectal swab |
| rs | reducing substances |
| rs | reed-sternberg cells |
| rs | respiratory system |
| rs | retinoschisis |
| rs | retinyl acetate |
| RS | Reye's syndrome |
| rs | rhythmic stabilisation |
| RS cell | Reed-Sternberg cell |
| rsa | right sacroanterior position |
| rsa | right subclavian artery |
| rsb | right sternal border |
| rsca | right subclavian artery |
| RSD | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy |
| rsds | reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome |
| rses | rosenberg self esteem scale |
| rsf | respiratory syncytial virus |
| RSI | Rapid sequence induction |
| rsi | repetitive strain injury |
| rsis | repetitive strain injury syndrome |
| rsl | right sacrolateral position |
| rsn | real soon now |
| RSN | Renal Support Network |
| rso | right salpingoophorectomy |
| rsp | right sacroposterior position |
| rspv | right superior pulmonary vein |
| rsr | regular sinus rhythm |
| rss | relative's stress scale |
| rsse | russian spring summer encephalitis |
| rssp | rice seed storage prolamine |
| rst | rapid screening test |
| rst | right sacral transverse position |
| rst | rubrospinal tract |
| rsts | rubinstein taybi syndrome |
| RSV | Respiratory syncytial virus |
| rsv | rous sarcoma virus |
| rsxn | resection |
| rt | radiation therapy |
| RT | Radiologic Technologist |
| rt | recreational therapy |
| rt | relaxation training |
| rt | reminiscence therapy |
| RT | Respiratory therapy |
| rt | retired |
| RT | Reverse transcriptase |
| rt | right |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction |
| rt3 | reverse triiodothyronine |
| RTA | Renal tubular acidosis |
| rta | road traffic accident |
| rtadr | renal tubular acidosis, distal, autosomal recessive |
| rtb | respiratory tuberculosis |
| rtc | return to clinic |
| RTC | Return to clinic (appointment for outpatient for next medical examination) |
| rtc | round the clock |
| rtecs | registry of toxic effects of chemical substances |
| rtfm | read the friendly manual |
| rti | respiratory tract infection |
| rti | routine task inventory |
| rtk | receptor tyrosine kinase |
| rtn | renal tubular necrosis |
| rtp | radiotherapy planning |
| rtq | revised tolerance questionnaire |
| rts | real time scan |
| rts | rett syndrome |
| RTS | Revised trauma score |
| rts | rubinstein taybi syndrome |
| rtt | rett syndrome |
| rtv | regional tidal volume |
| rtw | returned to work |
| ru | rodent ulcer |
| ruc | regular uterine contraction |
| RUE | Right upper extremity |
| RUG | Resource Utilization Groups |
| rug | retrograde urethrogram |
| rul | right upper lid |
| rul | right upper lip |
| rul | right upper lobe |
| ruq | right upper quadrant |
| ruz | right upper zone |
| rv | coronary fistulae from right ventricle |
| rv | rectovaginal |
| RV | Residual volume |
| RV | Right ventricle |
| rva | right ventricular apex |
| rva | right visual acuity |
| RVAD | Right ventricular assist device |
| rvc | regional vital capacity |
| rvedp | right ventricular end diastolic pressure |
| rvef | right ventricular ejection fraction |
| rvf | rectovaginal fistula |
| rvf | rift valley fever |
| RVF | Right ventricular failure |
| RVH | Right ventricular hypertrophy |
| rvot | right ventricular outflow tract |
| rvoto | right ventricular outflow tract obstruction |
| rvp | rapid ventricular pacing |
| rvp | right ventricular pressure |
| rvr | rapid ventricular response |
| RVSP | Right ventricular systolic pressure |
| rvswi | right ventricular stroke work index |
| rvt | registered vascular technologist |
| RVT | Renal vein thrombosis |
| rvv | russell viper venom |
| rvvt | russell's viper venom time |
| rvw | right ventricular work |
| rw | round window |
| RWJF | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Rx | prescription |
| rxn | reaction |
| rzralpha | retinoid z receptor alpha |
| rzrbeta | retinoid z receptor beta |