Letter R

R (symbol)

This much-used symbol has many meanings in medicine.

They include:</P> > >Respiration: a nurse's note of 'R20' is shorthand for 20 respirations (breaths) per minute.

>Right: A doctor's note of a burn on the 'R digit 5' places the burn on the right little finger or toe.

>Roentgen, an international unit of X-radiation or gamma-radiation.

>In chemistry, a radical.

>On a prescription, R (or Rx), recipe, which is Latin for 'to take'.</LI></OL>

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