• What does S Stand For in Medical & Science ?

    For S we have found 500 definitions.

  • What does S mean? We know 500 definitions for S abbreviation or acronym in 8 categories. Possible S meaning as an acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term vary from category to category. Please look for them carefully.

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RankAbbreviationMeaning
*****BA SBalloon angioplasty plus stenting
  
*****JANITOR'S FRACTUREa fracture so obvious that a janitor (cleaner) could diagnose it
  
*****S IStrains Were Inhibited
  
****S 100specific enolase, S-100 protein
  
****S DPStuttering and Disordered Phonology
  
****H→Sheel-to-shin test
Common Medical
  
****CHANDELIER'S SIGNThe result of any test or probing after which the patient must be removed from the chandelier
  
****OC'SOptical centres
  
****3P’SPill, Permissiveness and Promiscuity (relates to female patients with sexually transmitted disease)
  
***WOOLWORTH'S TEST(UK anaesthesia) if you can imagine patient shopping in Woolies, it's safe to give a general anaesthetic
  
***Swithout (usually written with a bar on top of the 's')
Common Medical Dental Nursing Reading Prescription Pharmacy Physical Therapy Clinical
  
***GOD'S WAITING ROOMintensive care unit and/or geriatric unit
  
*Ssecond (do NOT use 'sec' for 'second;' use 'sec' for 'secant')
Measurement Army & Military Legal IT Terminology Architectural aerospace Healthcare Architecture Construction
  
*TURTLE'S HEADin severe constipation where the anus is dilated and a faecal mass is visible (aka 'shy turd') - the problem is, it starts to come out and then, like a turtle's head, it goes back in again!
  
*JOHN THOMAS SIGN (UK), JOHNSON'S SIGN (US)according to tradition, the side that the penis (John Thomas, Johnson) points to (if visible on x-ray) will have an abnormality (see also Throckmorton sign).
  
*SShort
Physics
  
*SSulfur
Chemistry
  
*SSerine
Common Medical Amino Acid Biochemistry Biophysics
  
*SStudent
Master IEEE
  
*BRONZE JOHN'S LAW(paediatrics) if the weight of the records exceeds the weight of the child, the prognosis is grim
  
*THROCKMORTON'S SIGNin the unconscious male, the penis points to the injury
  
*WILKINSON'S SYNDROMEa patient who has slashed their wrists with a razor blade (after a popular brand of razor)
  
*GOWN'S SIGN, POSITIVEa patient who leaves (self-discharge ) without official discharge orders
  
*OLD MAN'S FRIEND(US) pneumonia, an illness which often carried off the elderly
  
*SSwitch
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