MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS (CONT)
SAA
Stokes-Adams attacks
SB
stillborn
SBE
subacute bacterial endocarditis
SB test
Stanford-Binet test
SC
subcutaneous
SCD
service connected disability
SCM
sternocleidomastoid
SD
standard deviation
SDS
sudden death syndrome
SEM
standard error of the mean
SF
spinal fluid
sg
specific gravity
SH
serum hepatitis
SI
seriously ill
sib
sibling
SIW
self-inflicted wound
SM
systolic murmur
SMA
superior mesenteric artery
SN
student nurse
SNS
sympathetic nervous system
SO
salpingo-oophorectomy
SOAP
progress note format for POMR
S-
subjective
O-
objective
A-
assessment
P-
plans
SOB
shortness of breath
S-O-R
stimulus-organism-response
MD0010
C-15