Question

• are a or contracted form of a word or phrase

◦ acronyms shorten a phrase by taking the first of each word
◦ shorten a word into a few letters
◦ symbols are used to a word

• are used by health care professionals in order to and concisely record information

represent
letter
shortened
abbreviations
rapidly

Explanation:

• "Are used by health care professionals in order to and concisely record information" refers to abbreviations.
• "symbols are used to represent a word" - symbols represent words.
• "shorten a word into a few letters" - this is about shortening words.
• "acronyms shorten a phrase by taking the first letter of each word" - acronyms use first letters of words in a phrase.
• "Are a or contracted form of a word or phrase" - this is about abbreviations (as they are contracted forms).

Answer:

• "Are used by health care professionals in order to and concisely record information": abbreviations
• "symbols are used to represent a word": represent
• "shorten a word into a few letters": shortened
• "acronyms shorten a phrase by taking the first letter of each word": letter
• "Are a or contracted form of a word or phrase": abbreviations