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Family medical history FOH: Family ocular history F/U: Follow up appointment GH: General health G(M)P: General (medical) practitioner HA: Headaches HARC: Harmonious abnormal retinal correspondence HM: Hand motion vision – state distance Hx: History IOL: Intra-ocular lens IOP: Intra-ocular pressure ISNT: Inferior, Superior, Nasal, Temporal
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: AAD: American Association of Dermatology: AADGP: American Academy of Dental Group Practice: AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians: AAIN: American ...
Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety (15th ed.). Warminster, PA, USA: Neil M Davis Associates. Warminster, PA, USA: Neil M Davis Associates. ISBN 978-0-931431-15-9 .
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
mobile intensive care unit / medical intensive care unit MIF: Müllerian inhibitory factor MIP: Maximum intensity projection, a technique used to enhance CT, MRI, MRA, and PET images MIS: Minimally Invasive Surgery Müllerian Inhibiting Substance MLC: mixed lymphocyte culture MLE: midline episiotomy: MM: myeloid metaplasia middle meningeal ...
(Health Care) Power of Attorney: POC: postoperative care products of conception Plan of Care POCT Point-Of-Care testing [5] POD: postoperative days POEMS: POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, myeloma protein and skin changes) POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment: poly: polymorphonuclear cells, that is ...
advance care planning Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACPO: acute colonic pseudo-obstruction ACU: ambulatory care unit: ad. right ear (from Latin auris dexter) AD: Alzheimer's disease acute distress aortic dissection right ear (from Latin auris dexter) as directed ADA: adenosine deaminase American Dental Association American Diabetes Association ...
functional endoscopic sinus surgery: FET: frozen embryo transfer: FEV 1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second: FF: free fluids (non-thickened fluids) FFA: free fatty acids: FFP: fresh frozen plasma: FHR: fetal heart rate: FHS: fetal heart sound: FHT: fetal heart tones: FHx: family history (in medicine, meaning specifically the medical histories ...