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hs: hours of sleep H→S: heel-to-shin test HSC: human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: HSG: hysterosalpingogram: HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: HSM: hepatosplenomegaly: HSP: Henoch–Schönlein purpura: HSV: herpes simplex virus: HT: hypertension ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
a.c.h.s., ac&hs ante cibum et hora somni: before meals and at bedtime a.d. auris dextra: right ear a single-storey a can be mistaken as an o which could read "o.d.", meaning right eye ad., add. adde addatur: add let there be added ad lib. ad libitum: Latin, "at one's pleasure"; as much as one desires; freely
The Hs and Ts is a mnemonic used to aid in remembering the possible reversible causes of cardiac arrest. [1] A variety of disease can lead to a cardiac arrest; however, they usually boil down to one or more of the "Hs and Ts".
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [ 1 ]
This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...
nerve conduction test, aka nerve conduction study: NCV: nerve conduction velocity (see nerve conduction study) ND (examination) not done NDI: nephrogenic diabetes insipidus NDSC: National Decision Support Company NE: norepinephrine: Ne: neutrophil granulocytes: NEAD: Non-epileptic attack disorder: NEAP: Net Endogenous Acid Production NEC: not ...
An indication can commonly be confused with the term diagnosis. A diagnosis is the assessment that a particular medical condition is present while an indication is a reason for use. [ 3 ] The opposite of an indication is a contraindication , [ 4 ] a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment because the risks of treatment clearly outweigh ...