{"id":327,"date":"2009-07-22T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T19:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/ttfa\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2009-07-22T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T19:49:55","slug":"common-mathematical-signs-symbols-statistical-and-medical-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/learning-resources\/common-mathematical-signs-symbols-statistical-and-medical-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Common mathematical signs, symbols, statistical and medical terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table: mathematical signs and symbols<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
+<\/td>\nplus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2212<\/td>\nminus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00f7<\/td>\ndivided by<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00d7<\/td>\nmultiplied by (‘times’)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
=<\/td>\nequals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2260<\/td>\nnot equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\ngreater than (ie >500 means ‘more than 500’)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2265<\/td>\ngreater than or equal to (ie \u2265500 means ‘500 and over’)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<<\/td>\nless than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2264<\/td>\nless than or equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
~<\/td>\napproximately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00b1<\/td>\nplus or minus \u2013 this is use to show the range of group of values (Standard Deviation) when the mean is used to calculate the average, eg SD \u00b1 0.45.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
%<\/td>\npercentage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
n<\/td>\nnumber (in a statistical sample, eg n=16 means 16 results, people etc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Table: Greek characters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u03b1<\/td>\nalpha or alfa<\/td>\na<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u03b2<\/td>\nbeta<\/td>\nb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0394 \u03b4<\/td>\ndelta<\/td>\nd \u2013 this is the abbreviation for ‘change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u03b3<\/td>\ngamma<\/td>\ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u03bc<\/td>\nmu<\/td>\nm \u2013 this is the abbreviation for ‘micro’ eg \u00b5L = micro litre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Greek letter are commonly used for names of immune-related chemicals, ie interferon-alpha (IFN-a, IFN-\u03b1) or interferon-beta (INF-b, IFN-\u03b2) to treat hepatitis C.<\/p>\n

Delta is used as a short cut for ‘change’, ie delta CD4 (\u0394CD4 or \u03b4CD4) means ‘change in CD4’.<\/p>\n

Table: medical abbreviations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
qd or QD<\/td>\nonce daily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bd or BD or BID<\/td>\ntwice daily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
td or TD or TID<\/td>\nthree times daily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
q12h or q12H<\/td>\nevery 12 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
q24h or q24H<\/td>\nevery 24 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bx<\/td>\nbiopsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dx<\/td>\ndiagnosis, diagnosed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Px<\/td>\nproblem, symptom (P = patient)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rx<\/td>\nprescription or resistance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tx<\/td>\ntreatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Table: mathematical signs and symbols + plus \u2212 minus \u00f7 divided by \u00d7 multiplied by (‘times’) = equals \u2260 not equal to > greater than (ie >500 means ‘more than 500’) \u2265 greater than or equal to (ie \u2265500 means …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":315,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}