List of medical abbreviations: E

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Abbreviation Meaning
Eecstasy
electrolytes
Enterococcus
epinephrine
EACexternal acoustic meatus
EACAepsilon-aminocaproic acid
EAECenteroadhesive Escherichia coli
EAFenteric adherence factor
EAMexternal auditory meatus
EBRTexternal beam radiation therapy
EBLestimated blood loss (see bleeding)
EBMevidence-based medicine
expressed breast milk
EBTelectron beam tomography
EBVEpstein–Barr virus
ECenteric coating
ECCendocervical curettage
ECDendocardial cushion defect
ECFextracellular fluid
enteric cytopathic human orphan
ECGelectrocardiogram
ECMextracellular matrix
ECHOenteric cytopathic human orphan virus
ECIfebris e causa ignota (normally written as febris E.C.I.)
fever of unknown origin
ECLSextracorporeal life support
ECMOextracorporeal membrane oxygenation
ECPemergency care practitioner
ECTelectroconvulsive therapy
ECTRendoscopic carpal tunnel release
EDemergency department
erectile dysfunction
ectodermal dysplasia
effective dose
emotional distress
EDCestimated date of confinement (at 40/40 weeks of pregnancy)
EDDestimated date of delivery (at 40/40 weeks of pregnancy); expected date of delivery
estimated date of discharge
EDFend diastolic flow (describing the flow of blood through the umbilical artery)
EDHepidural hematoma
EDMesophageal Doppler monitor
EDRFendothelium-derived relaxing factor aka nitric oxide
EDTAethylene-diamine-tetraacetic acid
EDSEhlers-Danlos syndrome
EDVend-diastolic volume
EEEeastern equine encephalitis
EEGelectroencephalogram
EENTears, eyes, nose, throat (see otolaryngology)
EEXelectrodiagnosis
EFejection fraction
EFMelectronic fetal monitoring, aka external fetal monitoring (cardiotocograph)
EFSevent-free survival
EFWestimated fetal weight
EGBUSexternal genitalia, Bartholin's glands, urethra & Skene's glands
EGDesophagogastroduodenoscopy
EGFepidermal growth factor
EGPAeosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome)
EHECenterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
EIECenteroinvasive Escherichia coli
EIAexternal iliac artery External iliac artery
EJelbow jerk (triceps reflex)
EKGelectrocardiogram
ELLSCSelective lower segment caesarean section
ELISAenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMerythema multiforme
EMBethambutol
endometrial biopsy or endomyocardial biopsy
EmBxendometrial biopsy
EMCencephalomyocarditis
EMDearly morning discovery
electromechanical dissociation
EMDEXessential medicines index
EMFendomyocardial fibrosis
EMGelectromyography
EMLSCSemergency lower segment Caesarean section
EMSEmergency Medical Service(s)
EMUearly morning urine sample (being the most concentrated, generally used for pregnancy testing)
Emulemulsion
ENTear, nose, and throat (see otolaryngology)
EOBedge of bed
EoLEnd-of-life (adjective)
EoLCEnd-of-life care
EOMextraocular muscles
EOMIextraocular movements intact (see eye movement)
EPCTestrogen-progesterone challenge test
EPECenteropathogenic Escherichia coli
EPHedema, proteinuria, hypertension
EPOerythropoietin
EPSelectrophysiology
extrapyramidal syndromes
ERemergency room
ERCPendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
ERMepiretinal membrane
ERMSembryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
ERTenzyme replacement therapy
ESAerythropoiesis-stimulating agent
ESHAPetoposide, cisplatin, cytarabine, methylprednisolone (chemotherapy regimen for relapsed Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
ESI epidural steroid injection
ESLextracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (also ESWL) (see lithotriptor);
English as a second language (affects provider–patient communication)
ESBLextended spectrum beta-lactamase (see also gram-negative bacteria)
ESMejection systolic murmur
ESRerythrocyte sedimentation rate
ESRFend-stage renal failure
ESRDend-stage renal disease
ESSempty sella syndrome
enhanced support service
ESTendodermal sinus tumor
ESVend-systolic volume
ESWLextracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (also ESL) (see lithotriptor)
ETendothelin
endotracheal

embryo transfer
Essential thrombocythemia

ETECenterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Etioletiology
ETOHethanol (ethyl alcohol)
ETSendoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
ETTendotracheal tube
EUAexamination under anesthesia
EUPextrauterine pregnancy
EUSendoscopic ultrasonography
EVARendovascular aneurysm repair
EVFerythrocyte volume fraction (see hematocrit)
Ex-npreviously; used for premature infants that have been born (ex-28 = born at 28 weeks gestation)
Examexamination (for example, physical examination)
Exp Lapexploratory laparotomy
Extextremities
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