Abbreviations for Medicine Appearance

Size

sml	Small - is less than 5mm
med	Medium-  is 5mm or more but less than 10mm
lge	Large - is 10mm or more

Colour

ab	Amber
amst	Amethyst
bg	Beige
bg-or	Beige-orange
bg-yw	Beige-yellow
bk	Black
bl	Blue
bl-gy	Blue-Grey
br	Brown
br-or	Brown-orange
br-re	Brown-red
br-yw	Brown-yellow
bf	Buff
bs	Butterscotch
cl	Caramel
cr	Clear
co	Coral
cm	Cream
cy	Cyclamen
cy-re	Cyclamen-Red
fs	Flesh
gd	Gold
gr	Green
gy	Grey
gy-br	Grey-brown
gy-br	Grey-Brown
gy-cl	Grey-caramel
gy-or	Grey-orange
iv	Ivory
kh	Khaki
lv	Lavender
mg	Magenta
mr	Maroon
mv	Mauve
mtl	Mottled
multi	Multi-coloured
mm-gy	Mushroom-grey
mus	Mustard
oh	Ochre
or	Orange
or-bg	Orange-beige
or-br	Orange-brown
or-yw	Orange-yellow
pc	Peach
pk	Pink
pk-bg	Pink-beige
pk-br	Pink-brown
pk-gy	Pink-grey
pk-vl	Pink-violet
pp	Purple
re	Red
re-br	Red-brown
rs	Rose
sm	Salmon
sm-pk	Salmon-pink
sl	Scarlet
tn	Tan
tl	Teal
tq	Turquoise
tq-bl	Turquoise-blue
vl	Violet
wh	White
wh-bg	White-beige
wh-bl	White-Blue
wh-br	White-brown
wh-yw	Whitish-yellow
yw	Yellow
yw-br	Yellow-brown
yw-or	Yellow-orange
yw-wh	Yellow-white

Shape

amd	Almond-shaped
apple	Apple-shaped
barrel	Barrel
bv	Bevelled
cb	Cubic
cc	Cylindrical
dmd	Diamond
Dshape	D-shaped
ht	Heart
hex	Hexagon
long	Long
oct	Octagon
ov	Oval
pea	Peanut-shaped
pent	Pentagon
pillo	Pillow-shape
rd	Round
shd	Shield
sq	Square
sqish	Square-ish
tear	Tear drop
tri	Triangle
Vshape	V-shaped

Other

1b	1 band
2b	2 bands
3b	3 bands
4b	4 bands
beads	Beads
blb	Blue band
gdb	Gold band
logo	Logo
sc	Scored