medical abbreviations: G

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medical abbreviations: G

Abbrev.	Meaning
G	Gravidity (total number of pregnancies, successful or not) Guanosine
G6PD	Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase
GA	General anaesthesia
GABA	Gamma-aminobutyric acid
GB	Gallbladder
GBS	Guillain-Barre syndrome
GBM	Glioblastoma multiforme Glomerular basement membrane
GC	General Condition Gonococcus
GCA	Giant cell arteritis
GCS	Glasgow coma scale
G-CSF	Granulocyte - colony stimulating factor
GDA	Gastroduodenal artery
GDLH	Glutamate dehydrogenase
GDP	Guanosine diphosphate
GERD	Gastroesophageal reflux disease
GFR	Glomerular filtration rate
GGT	Gamma glutamyl transferase
GGTP	Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase
GH	Growth hormone
GHRF	Growth hormone releasing factor
GI	Gastrointestinal (... tract)
GIFT	Gamete intrafallopian transfer
GIST	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
GIT	Gastrointestinal tract
GITS	Gastrointestinal therapeutic system
GMC	General Medical Condition (i.e., 0 GMC)
GM-CSF	Granulocyte-Monocyte - Colony Stimulating Factor
GMP	Guanosine monophosphate
GN	Glomerulonephritis
GNRH	Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
GOAT	Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test
GOD	Glucose Oxidase
GOK	God only knows
GOMER	Get Outta My E.R. i.e. patient who frequently presents at the ER near death but manages to pull through each and every time.
GORD	Gastroesophageal reflux disease
GOT	Glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase
GP	General practitioner
GPT	Glutamic-pyruvic transaminase
Gr	Grain
GRAV I	Indicating woman during first pregnancy
GSW	Gunshot wound see HVLT (High-velocity Lead Therapy)
GTN	Glyceryl trinitrate
GTT	Glucose tolerance test
Gtts	Drops - Guttae
GU	Genitourinary Gastric ulcer
GUM	Genitourinary medicine (often used more restrictively as alternative to sexually transmitted disease clinic)
GvH	Graft-versus-host
GvHD	Graft-versus-host disease
GYN	Gynecology