list of medical abbreviations: h list of medical abbreviations: h medical abbreviations ← previous page of list (g) next page of list (i) → 0–9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z latin abbreviations prescription abbreviations acronyms in healthcare abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel abbreviations for diseases and disorders sortable table abbreviation meaning hhr / hours hhistamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) hemagglutinin hxhistory hahypertonia arterialis headache calcium hydroxyapatite h/a haahepatitis-associated antigen or #history as above haarthighly active antiretroviral therapy hacahuman anti-chimeric antibody hacehigh-altitude cerebral edema hacekacronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children hadhiv-associated dementia hadshospital anxiety and depression scale haehereditary angioedema h/aheadache haihealthcare-associated infection or hospital-acquired infection halehealth-adjusted life expectancy hapehigh-altitude pulmonary edema havhepatitis a virus hbhemoglobin hbheart block hb%hemoglobin concentration in gram per deciliter hbahemoglobin a (commonest type of hemoglobin) hba1cglycated hemoglobin (used as a measure of diabetes control) hbdhas been drinking hbffetal hemoglobin hbohyperbaric oxygen hbphigh blood pressure, that is, hypertension hbsaghepatitis b surface antigen hbvhepatitis b virus hchead circumference hemorrhagic colitis homocysteine hcahealthcare associated, as in hca-cdi hcaphealth care-associated (or acquired) pneumonia hcchepatocellular carcinoma hcfhealthcare facility hcfahealthcare facility associated, as in hcfa-cdi hcghuman chorionic gonadotropin hclhairy cell leukemia hcmhypertrophic cardiomyopathy healthcare maintenance hco3bicarbonate hcthematocrit hcthematocrit hematopoietic cell transplantation hcrphospital cornea retrieval programme hctzhydrochlorothiazide hcvhepatitis c virus hdhodgkin disease hemodialysis huntington's disease hdlhigh-density lipoprotein hdl-chigh-density lipoprotein-cholesterol hdnhemolytic disease of the newborn hdshemodynamically stable (i.e., not bleeding) hduhigh dependency unit hdvhepatitis d virus hdwhemoglobin distribution width h&ehematoxylin and eosin, a standard tissue stain hehepatic encephalopathy hechigh emetogenic chemotherapy heenthead, eyes, ears, nose, throat help hellphellp syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets in pregnancy) hemahydroxy ethyl methacrylate, a material in soft contact lenses hemahematest – e.g. hema (-) – fecal occult blood heshydroxyethyl starch hetehydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid hevhepatitis e virus hfheart failure hfpefheart failure with preserved ejection fraction hfrefheart failure with reduced ejection fraction hfmhand, foot and mouth disease hfmdhand, foot and mouth disease hfnchigh flow nasal cannula hfrshemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome hgbhemoglobin hgsilhigh-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion hgvhepatitis g virus hgprtasehypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase hhhiatus hernia hhhitting head h/h or h&hhemoglobin and hematocrit hhshyperosmolar hyperglycemic state hhthereditary hemorrhagic telangiectisia hhvhuman herpesvirus (including numerous subtypes such as hhv8) hihomicidal ideation hibhaemophilus influenzae b hidahepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid hidshyper-igd (and periodic fever) syndrome hiehypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (cerebral hypoxia) hitheparin-induced thrombocytopenia hivhuman immunodeficiency virus hlhepatic lipase hodgkin's lymphoma hearing level hlahuman leukocyte antigen hldhyperlipidemia hlhshypoplastic left heart syndrome h&mhematemesis and melena hmdhyaline membrane disease hmghuman menopausal gonadotropin hmg-coa3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coa hmgr3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coa reductase h-molehydatidiform mole hmshyperreactive malarial splenomegaly hmsnhereditary motor sensory neuropathy hnhemagglutinin-neuraminidase hndhemolytic disease of the newborn hnpspinal disk herniation or herniated disk, that is, herniated nucleus pulposus hnpcchereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer h/ohistory of ... hobhead of bed (usually followed by number of degrees of elevation, e.g., hob 10°) hocmhypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy honkhyperosmolar nonketotic state hopihistory of present illness h&phistory and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) hpahypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hpetehydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid hpfhigh-power field (microscopy) hpi h/opihistory of the present illness hpoahypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (clubbing) hplhuman placental lactogen (same as human chorionic somatomammotropin) hpphypokalemic periodic paralysis hpshantavirus pulmonary syndrome hpvhuman papillomavirus hrheart rate hrhour or hours hrs hepatorenal syndrome hrasharvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog hrcthigh-resolution computed tomography hrthormone replacement therapy h.s.at bedtime (from latin hora somni) hshours of sleep h→sheel-to-shin test hschuman chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) hscthematopoietic stem cell transplantation hsghysterosalpingogram hsilhigh-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion hsmhepatosplenomegaly hsphenoch–schönlein purpura hsvherpes simplex virus hthypertension htheight htlvhuman t-lymphotropic virus htnhypertension htpahypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis htvdhypertensive vascular disease hushemolytic uremic syndrome hvahomovanillic acid hvlthigh-velocity lead therapy (facetious term for gunshot wound) hxhistory (of) medical abbreviations ← previous page of list (g) next page of list (i) → 0–9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z latin abbreviations prescription abbreviations acronyms in healthcare abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel abbreviations for diseases and disorders this article is issued from wikipedia. the text is licensed under creative commons - attribution - sharealike. additional terms may apply for the 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