| A | B |
|---|
| a | before |
| abduction | moving body part away from body |
| abd | abdomen |
| ADL | skills related to every day life |
| bid or BID | twice a day |
| BKA | below knee amputation |
| adduction | moving body part towards body |
| acute | sudden onset illness usually resolves with treatment |
| battery | unauthorized touching of another person. Illegal contact |
| bed cradle | frame under top of sheet to protect feet from linens |
| abuse | nonaccidental harm. verbal, mental, sexual abuse ,also includes malpractice, negligence and misappropriation of resident propery |
| bile | substance made by liver,stored in gallbladder |
| amt. | amount |
| ad lib | as requested |
| bradycardia | heart beat slower than normal |
| anus | opening in body where stool is excreted |
| artery | blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from heart |
| vein | blood vessel carrying unoxygenated blood back to heart |
| anuria | no urine |
| ac | before meals |
