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I live in the United States, and I was wondering if medical personnel in other countries use the same shorthand symbols that we do. As examples: lower case c with a line over it means with; lower case s with a line over it means without, a triangle (chevron symbol) means change, etc.
Medical Definition of SYMBOL. : something that stands for or suggests something else: as a: an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities. â symÂ·bolÂ·ic \sim-Ëbael-ËbÃ¤l\ ik. adjective