Medical Abbreviations Starting With "H"
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| Medical Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| h | enthalpy |
| h | height |
| h | helicobacter |
| H | hemagglutinin |
| H | henry |
| h | heroin |
| h | hispanic |
| H | Histamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) |
| h | history |
| h | Hour |
| H | hydrogen |
| h | hyperphoria |
| h | hypodermic |
| h and w | hereford and worcester |
| h asiaticum | hyalomma asiaticum |
| h capsulatum | histoplasma capsulatum |
| h gene | histocompatibility gene |
| h halobium | halobacterium halobium |
| h pylori | helicobacter pylori |
| h-bt | hydrogen breath test |
| h.s. | At bedtime (from Latin hora somni) |
| H/A | Headache |
| h/o | history of |
| H/oPI | History of the present illness |
| h&c | hot and cold |
| H&E stain | hematoxylin and eosin stain |
| H&H | Hemoglobin and hematocrit |
| H&M | Hematemesis and melena |
| h&n | head and neck |
| H&P | History and physical examination |
| H→S | Heel-to-shin test |
| h1 | protium |
| h2 | deuterium |
| H2O | water |
| H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| ha | calcium hydroxyapatite |
| ha | h antigen |
| HA | Headache |
| ha | health authority |
| ha | hearing aid |
| ha | hemadsorption |
| ha | hemagglutinating antibody |
| ha | hemagglutination |
| ha | hemolytic anemia |
| ha | hepatic artery |
| ha | herpangina |
| ha | heterophil antibody |
| ha | hippuric acid |
| ha | histamine |
| ha | histocompatibility antigen |
| ha | hospital acquired |
| ha | hospital admission |
| ha | hyaluronic acid |
| ha | hydroxyapatite |
| ha | hyperactivity |
| ha | hyperalimentation |
| HA | Hypertonia arterialis |
| haa | hepatitis a antibody |
| HAA | Hepatitis Associated antigen |
| haa | hepatitis australian antigen |
| HAART | highly active anti-retroviral therapy |
| HACE | High-altitude cerebral edema |
| HACEK | acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children |
| hacek | haemophilus, actinobacillus, cardiobacterium, eikenella, and kingella |
| had | hexamethylenamine, adriamycin, ddp |
| HAD | HIV-associated dementia |
| had | hospital anxiety and depression scale |
| HAE | Hereditary angioedema |
| haec | human artificial episomal chromosome |
| haem | hematology |
| haf | hyperalimentation fluid |
| hai | hemagglutination inhibition |
| hal | hyperalimentation |
| HALE | Health-adjusted life expectancy |
| halo | hampshire assessment of living with others |
| ham | hexamethylenamine, adriamycin, melphalan |
| ham | htlv 1 associated myelopathy |
| hamd | hamilton rating scale for depression |
| hamp | hexamethylenamine, adriamycin, methotrexate, platinol |
| hane | hereditary angioneurotic oedema |
| HAPE | High-altitude pulmonary edema |
| haq | health assessment questionnaire |
| hard | hydrocephalus, agyria and retinal dysplasia |
| HAS | Holmes-Adie syndrome |
| hascvd | hypertensive arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
| hascvr | hypertensive arteriosclerotic cardiovascular renal disease |
| hasvd | hypertensive arteriosclerotic vascular disease |
| hav | hallux abductovalgus |
| HAV | Hepatitis A virus |
| hb | heart beat |
| HB | Heart block |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| hb halobium | halobacterium halobium |
| Hb% | Hemoglobin concentration in gram per deciliter |
| HbA | Hemoglobin A |
| hba1 | glycosylated hemoglobin |
| HbA1C | Glycosylated hemoglobin |
| hba2 | thalassemia screen |
| hbaa | hemoglobin aa |
| hbbd | hereditary bundle branch system defect |
| HBD | Has been drinking |
| hbd | hemoglobin d |
| hbd | hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase |
| hbegf | heparin binding egf like growth factor |
| HbF | Fetal hemoglobin |
| hbf | hemoglobin f |
| hbig | hepatitis b vaccine |
| hbl | hepatoblastoma |
| hbo | hyperbaric oxygen |
| hbo | oxyhemoglobin |
| hboc | hyperbaric oxygen chamber |
| hbp | high blood pressure |
| HBP | High blood pressure, that is, hypertension |
| HBsAg | Hepatitis B surface antigen |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| hc | 4 hydroperoxycyclophosphamide |
| hc | haemoconcentrator |
| hc | hair cell |
| hc | hairy cell |
| hc | handicapped |
| hc | head circumference |
| HC | Health Canada |
| hc | health center |
| hc | hemoccult |
| hc | hemoglobin concentration |
| HC | Hemorrhagic colitis |
| hc | heparin cofactor |
| hc | hereditary coproporphyria |
| hc | histamine challenge |
| hc | histochemistry |
| hc | home care |
| hc | house call |
| hc | huntington's chorea |
| hc | hydrocarbon |
| hc | hydrocortisone |
| hc | hypercholesterolemia |
| hc | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| hca | healthcare assistant |
| hca | hepatocellular adenoma |
| hcao | hexamethylenamine, cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, platinol |
| hcb | hexachlorobenzene |
| HCBS | Home and Community Based Services |
| hcc | 25 hydroxycholecalciferol |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| hccaa | hereditary cystatin c amyloid angiopathy |
| hccvms | hyperkeratotic cutaneous capillary venous malformations |
| hcdc | hydrocortisone day curve |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| hCG | Human chorionic gonadotropin |
| hch | huntington's chorea |
| hchm | hypercalcemic hormone of malignancy |
| hchwa | hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis |
| HCL | Hairy cell leukemia |
| hcl | hydrochloric acid |
| HCM | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| hcmv | human cytomegalovirus |
| hcnp | hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptide |
| hco3 | bicarbonate |
| hcp | hereditary coproporphyria |
| hcq | hydroxychloroquine |
| hcr | heme controlled repressor |
| hcr | hmg coa reductase |
| HCRP | Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme |
| HCT | Hematocrit |
| HCT | Hematopoietic cell transplantation |
| HCTZ | Hydrochlorothiazide |
| HCUP-QIs | Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Quality Indicators |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| hcv | human coronavirus |
| hcvd | hypertensive cardiovascular disease |
| hcvrd | hypertensive cardiovascular renal disease |
| hcw | healthcare worker |
| hd | at bedtime |
| hd | hansen's disease |
| hd | head |
| hd | heart disease |
| hd | heloma durum |
| hd | hemodialysis |
| hd | high dose |
| hd | hirschsprung's disease |
| HD | Hodgkin's disease |
| hd | house doctor |
| hd | house dust |
| HD | Huntington's Disease |
| hd-vac | high dose methotrexate plus vinblastine, adriamycin, cisplatin |
| hdara-c | high dose ara c |
| hdc | high dose chemotherapy |
| hdf | hemodiafiltration |
| HDHP | High Deductible Health Plan |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| HDL-C | High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol |
| HDL2 | Huntington's disease-like 2 |
| hdm | house dust mite |
| hdmtx | high dose methotrexate |
| hdn | hemolytic disease of newborn |
| hdn | hemorrhagic disease of newborn |
| hdopnp | acid (11 alpha-hydroxy-9,15-dioxo-2,3,4,5,20-pentanor-19-carboxyprostanoic acid) |
| hdpc | hexadecylphosphocholine |
| hdpeb | high dose peb or platinol, etoposide, bleomycin |
| hdr | high dose rate brachytherapy |
| hds | herniated disc syndrome |
| hdt | highest dose tested |
| hdtv | high density tv |
| HDU | High dependency unit |
| HDV | Hepatitis D virus |
| he | health education |
| he | heart |
| he | helium |
| he | hepatic encephalopathy |
| he | hereditary elliptocytosis |
| he | hyperextension |
| he | hypophysectomy |
| hea | horse erythrocyte antigen test |
| heal | hysteroscopic endometrial ablation by laser |
| heat | horse erythrocyte antigen test |
| hec | human equivalent concentration |
| hed | hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia |
| hedh | ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, with hypothyroidism and ciliary dyskinesia |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| HEENT | Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
| hela | hysteroscopic endometrial laser ablation |
| HELLP syndrome | Hemolytic anemia, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelet count syndrome |
| HELP | Hypertension, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (syndrome) (in pregnancy) |
| helsrd | health effects and life science research division |
| hem | hematology |
| Hema | Hematest - e.g. Hema (-) - fecal occult blood |
| HEMA | Hydroxyethyl methacrylate |
| heme | hematology |
| hemel | hexamethylmelamine |
| hemo | hemodialysis |
| hempa | hexamethylphosphoric triamide |
| hempas | hereditary erythroblastic multinuclearity, with a positive acidified serum lysis test |
| hemri | hereditary multifocal relapsing inflammation |
| HEMS | Helicopter Emergency Medical Service |
| hep | heparin |
| hep | hepatectomy |
| hep | hepatitis |
| hep a | hepatitis a |
| hep b | hepatitis b |
| hep lock | heparin lock |
| hep-lock | heparin lock |
| hepa | high efficiency particulate air |
| hepb | hepatitis b |
| hepc | hepatitis c |
| her-2 | receptor erbb 2 |
| her2 | receptor erbb 2 |
| her2-ecd | human egf like receptor number 2 |
| herac | health and environmental research advisory committee |
| hered | hereditary |
| hern | hernia |
| herv | human endogenous retrovirus |
| hes | hemolytic erythrophagocytic syndrome |
| HES | Hydroxyethyl starch |
| HETE | Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| HEV | Hepatitis E virus |
| hev | high endothelial venule |
| hevdp | hydroxyethylvinyldeuteroporphyrin |
| hevec | hev endothelial cells |
| hex a | hexosaminidase a |
| hf | factor h |
| hf | haemofiltration |
| hf | hafnium |
| hf | hayfever |
| hf | heart failure |
| hf | hemofiltration |
| hf | high fat diet |
| hf | high fiber diet |
| hf | hispanic female |
| hf | hydrops fetalis |
| hfa | hemifacial atrophy |
| HFA | High Functioning Autism |
| hfd | high fiber diet |
| hfjv | high frequency jet ventilation |
| HFM | Hand foot and mouth disease |
| HFMD | Hand, foot, and mouth disease |
| hfov | high frequency oscillatory ventilation |
| hfppv | high frequency positive pressure ventilation |
| HFRS | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome |
| hfrs | russian hemorrhagic fever |
| hg | herpes gestationis |
| Hg | mercury |
| HGB | Hemoglobin |
| hgb a2 | thalassemia screen |
| hgb-f | hemoglobin f |
| hgba1 | hemoblobin a1, a test for abnormal glycosylation of hemoglobin |
| hgba1c | glycosylated hemoglobin |
| hgbf | hemoglobin f |
| hgcc | human genome coordinating committee |
| hgd | high grade dysplasia |
| hgef | hemagglutination enhancing factor |
| hgf | hybridoma growth factor |
| hgf | hyperglycemic glycogenolytic factor |
| hgh | human growth hormone |
| hgin | high grade intraurothelial neoplasia |
| hgiun | high grade intraurothelial neoplasia |
| hgm | human genome meeting |
| hgmis | human genome management information system |
| hgn | hereditary glomerulonephritis |
| hgn | human genome news |
| hgo | hepatic glucose output |
| hgo | hip guidance orthosis |
| hgp | human genome project |
| hgprt | hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase |
| HGPRTase | Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase |
| hgps | hutchinson gilford progeria syndrome |
| HGSIL | High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| hgv | heavy goods vehicle |
| HGV | Hepatitis G virus |
| hh | halothane hepatitis |
| hh | hard of hearing |
| hh | health history |
| hh | hedgehog protein |
| hh | hepatic hemangioma |
| HH | Hiatus hernia |
| hh | holistic health |
| hh | homoharringtonine |
| hh | homonymous hemianopia |
| hh | hydroxyhexamide |
| hh | hypogonadotropic hypogonadism |
| hh | hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism |
| hha | health hazard appraisal |
| hha | hepatitis australian antigen |
| hha | hereditary hemolytic anemia |
| hha | home health agency |
| hha | homoharringtonine |
| hhags | hexuronyl hexosaminoglycan sulfate |
| hhd | hailey hailey disease |
| hhd | hypertensive heart disease |
| hhfm | high humidity face mask |
| hhft | high humidity face tent |
| hhg | hypergonadotropic hypogonadism |
| HHH | Hyperornithinemia, hyperammonemia, homocitrullinuria syndrome |
| hhhh | high humidity head hood |
| hhho | hypotonia hypomentia hypogonadism obesity |
| hhhs | hyperornithinemia hyperammonemia homocitrullinuria syndrome |
| hhie | hearing handicap inventory for the elderly |
| hhm | humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy |
| hhmd | histidinohydroxymerodesmosine |
| hhmi | howard hughes medical institute |
| hhrh | hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria |
| hhs | health and human services |
| hhs | hearing handicap scale |
| hhs | hexuronyl hexosaminoglycan sulfate |
| hhs | hyperkinetic heart syndrome |
| hhsid | hexahydrosiladifenidol |
| hht | head halter traction |
| HHT | Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia |
| hht | hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid |
| HHV | Human herpesvirus |
| hhv6 | human herpes virus 6 |
| hhv7 | human herpes virus 7 |
| hi | haemagglutination inhibition |
| hi | head injury |
| HI | Hearing Impaired |
| hi | hemagglutination inhibition |
| HI | Homicidal ideation |
| hia | hemagglutination inhibition assay |
| hiaa | hydroxyindole acetic acid |
| hiaa | serotonin |
| Hib | haemophilus influenzae B |
| HiB disease | Haemophilus influenzae type B disease |
| hid | hystrix ichthyosis with deafness |
| hida | hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid |
| hidac | high dose ara c |
| HIDS | Hyper-IgD (and periodic fever) syndrome |
| hids | hyperimmunoglobulinemia d syndrome |
| hie | hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy |
| HIFA | Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability |
| hifu | high intensity focused ultrasound |
| him | hyper igm syndrome |
| hint | histidine triad nucleotide binding protein |
| hiomt | hydroxyindole o methyltransferase |
| hip | hypertension in pregnancy |
| hipa | heparin induced platelet aggregation |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HIPC | Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative |
| His | histidine |
| his | hospital information system |
| hist | histology |
| hist | history |
| histo | histology |
| histoplasma capsulatum ag | histoplasma capsulatum antigen |
| histoplasma capsulatum dna | histoplasma capsulatum deoxyribonucleic acid |
| HIT | Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| hivig | hiv hyperimmune globulin |
| hjcd | histiocytosis with joint contractures and sensorineural deafness |
| hjr | hepatojugular reflux |
| hk | hexokinase |
| hk | high molecular weight kininogen |
| hk | horseshoe kidney |
| hk | hyperkeratosis |
| hk | hypokinesia |
| hkafo | hip knee ankle foot orthosis |
| hl | hallux limitus |
| HL | Hearing level |
| hl | hearing loss |
| HL | Hepatic lipase |
| HL | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| hla antigen | human leukocyte antigen |
| hld | hyperlipidemia |
| hlh | hypoplastic left heart |
| HLHS | Hypoplastic left heart syndrome |
| hln | huntington like neurodegenerative disorder |
| hlp | hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans |
| hlp | hyperlipoproteinemia |
| hly | hemolysin |
| hm | hand movement |
| hm | hispanic male |
| hmba | hexamethylene bisacetamide |
| hmbromide | homatropine methylbromide |
| HMD | Hyaline membrane disease |
| hmdutp | hydroxymethyldeoxyuridine triphosphate |
| hme | heat and moisture exchanger |
| hmf | human milk fortifier |
| hmg | 3 hydroxy 3 methyl glutarate |
| hmg | high mobility group |
| hmg | human menopausal gonadotropin |
| hmg | menopausal gonadotropin |
| HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA |
| HMGR | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase |
| hmi | hypomelanosis of ito |
| hmm | heavy meromyosin |
| hmm | hexamethylmelamine |
| hmma | hydroxymethoxymandelic acid |
| hmma | hydroxymethylmandelic acid |
| hmn | hereditary motor neuropathy |
| HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
| hmox | heme oxygenase |
| HMPA | Hexamethylphosphoramide |
| hmr | histiocytic medullary reticulosis |
| hmra | hydroxymethylreductic acid |
| hms | haim munk syndrome |
| HMS | Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly |
| HMSA | Health Manpower Shortage Area |
| hmsfm | hemolymph stimulatory factor |
| HMSN | Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy |
| HMSN Type III | Hereditary Motor and Sensory Polyneuropathy Type III (see Dejerine Sottas syndrome) |
| hmtx | high dose methotrexate |
| hmw | high molecular weight kininogen |
| hmwck | high molecular weight cytokeratin |
| hmwk | high molecular weight keratin |
| hmwk | high molecular weight kininogen |
| hn | head and neck |
| hn | head nurse |
| HN | Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase |
| hn | hemorrhage of newborn |
| hn | home nursing |
| hn | hypertrophic neuropathy |
| hn2 | nitrogen mustard |
| HND | Hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| hnig | normal immunoglobulin |
| hniw | hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane |
| hnk-1 | human natural killer 1 |
| hnn | hemorrhagic nephrosonephritis |
| hnp | herniated nucleus pulposus |
| HNPCC | Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer |
| hnpp | neuropathy, hereditary, with liability to pressure palsies |
| ho | hernial orifice |
| ho | holmium |
| ho | house officer |
| ho | hypertrophic osteoarthropathy |
| hoa | hypertrophic osteoarthropathy |
| HOB | Head of bed--usually followed by degrees |
| hob | holding our breath |
| HOCM | Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
| HOH | Hard of hearing |
| homdr | homoserine dehydrogenase |
| HONK | Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma |
| honks | diabetic hyperosmolar non ketotic state |
| hood | hereditary osteoonychodysplasia |
| hooe | heredopathia ophthalmootoencephalica |
| hop | hydroxydaunomycin, oncovin, prednisone |
| horiz | horizontal |
| hot | hyperbaric oxygen therapy |
| hox | homeo box |
| hp | health promotion |
| hp | helicobacter pylori |
| hp | high protein |
| hp | hot pack |
| hp | hot plate |
| hp | human papillomavirus |
| hp | hyperphoria |
| hp | hyperplastic polyp |
| hp | hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
| hpa | hemangiopericytoma |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| hpapo | hydroxypyruvaldehyde phenylosazone |
| hpcha | high red cell phosphatidylcholine hemolytic anemia |
| hpd | hematoporphyrin derivative |
| hpd | high protein diet |
| hpdme | hematoporphyrin ix dimethylester |
| hpdr | hypophosphatemic vitamin d resistant rickets |
| hpe | holoprosencephaly |
| HPETE | Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| HPF | High power field |
| hpfh | hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin |
| HPI | History of the present illness |
| HPL | Human placental lactogen |
| hplc | high pressure liquid chromatography |
| hple | heredity polymorphic light eruption |
| hplh | hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial |
| hpma | hydroxypropyl methacrylate |
| hpmc | hydroxypropylmethylcellulose |
| hpmcas | hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate |
| HPN | Hypertension |
| HPOA | Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy |
| hpp | hereditary pyropoikilocytosis |
| hpr | fenretinide |
| hprt | hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase |
| HPRT deficiency | hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency |
| hprtase | hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase |
| HPS | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
| hps | hermansky pudlak syndrome |
| HPSAs | Health Professional Shortage Areas |
| hpth | hyperparathyroidism |
| hptjt | hyperparathyroidism jaw tumor syndrome |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| hpv | human parvovirus b19 |
| HPV Infection | Human Papillomavirus Infection |
| hpvd | hypertensive pulmonary vascular disease |
| hpvlt | helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin |
| hpx | hypophysectomy |
| hpx | hypoxanthine |
| hr | hallux rigidus |
| HR | Heart rate |
| hr | high roughage diet |
| hr | hold relax technique |
| hr | hour |
| hra | health risk appraisal |
| hra | hereditary renal adysplasia |
| hram | hold relax active movement technique |
| hrc | high risk characteristic |
| HRCT | High resolution computed tomography |
| hre | high resolution electro cardiology |
| hrf | hepatorenal failure |
| hrf | histamine releasing factor |
| hrf | homologous restriction factor |
| hrf-20 | human restriction factor 20 |
| hrp | high risk pregnancy |
| hrp | horseradish peroxidase |
| HRQL | Health Related Quality of Life |
| hrrr | heart regular rate and rhythm |
| hrs | hours |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| hrsd | hamilton rating scale for depression |
| hrst | heat, reddening, swelling, tenderness |
| hrt | heart rate |
| HRT | Hormone replacement therapy |
| hrv | human rhinovirus |
| hrz | huriez syndrome |
| hs | bedtime |
| hs | heart sounds |
| hs | hereditary spherocytosis |
| hs | herpes simplex |
| hs | Hours of sleep |
| hs | hurler's syndrome |
| hs-CRP | high-sensitivity C-reactive protein |
| HSA | Health Savings Account |
| HSA | Health Service Area |
| HSA | Health Systems Agency |
| hsa | human serum albumin |
| HSAN | Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy |
| hsc | hematopoietic stem cell |
| HSC | Human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) |
| hscr | hirschsprung disease |
| hsd | hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase |
| hsdb | hazardous substances data bank |
| hse | herpes simplex encephalitis |
| HSG | Hysterosalpingogram |
| HSIL | High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| hslc | high pressure liquid chromatography |
| hsm | hepatosplenomegaly |
| hsmn | hereditary sensory and motor neuropathy |
| hsmnr | hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy russe |
| hsp | heat shock protein |
| hsp | henoch schonlein purpura |
| HSP | Henoch-Schönlein purpura |
| HSP | Hereditary spastic paraplegia |
| hsp | hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
| hsp | hysterosalpingogram |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| hsv | highly selective vagotomy |
| hsv 1 | herpes simplex virus 1 |
| hsv 2 | herpes simplex virus 2 |
| ht | hammer toe |
| ht | hashimoto's thyroiditis |
| ht | hearing test |
| ht | heart |
| Ht | Height |
| ht | hormone therapy |
| HT | Hypertension |
| ht | hypertropia |
| ht | serotonin |
| HTA | Health Technology Assessment |
| htc | homozygous t cell test |
| htgl | hepatic triglyceride lipase |
| hth | hope this helps |
| htig | tetanus vaccine |
| HTLV | Human T-lymphotropic virus |
| htlv-1 | human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 |
| htlv-2 | human t cell lymphotropic virus type 2 |
| htlv-3 | human t cell lymphotropic virus 3 |
| htlv-iii | hiv |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| hto | high tibial osteotomy |
| htp | hydroxytryptophan |
| HTPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| hts | heel to shin |
| htss | hypotrichosis simplex of scalp |
| HTVD | Hypertensive vascular disease |
| hu | hydroxyurea |
| hudca | homoursodeoxycholic acid |
| hugo | human genome organisation |
| hus | haemolytic uraemic syndrome |
| HUS | Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
| hv | hallux valgus |
| hv | health visitor |
| hv | hepatic vein |
| hv | home visit |
| hv | hyperventilation |
| hva | homovanillic acid |
| hvd | hypertensive vascular disease |
| hvdrr | hypocalcemic vitamin d resistant rickets |
| hvl | half value layer |
| HVLT | High-velocity lead therapy (see also GSW, gunshot wound) |
| hvod | hepatic veno occlusive disease |
| hvr | hypervariable region |
| hvs | gardnerella vaginialis |
| hvs | high vaginal swab |
| hvs | hyperventilation syndrome |
| hvs culture | gardnerella vaginalis |
| hvs culture | trichomonas vaginalis |
| hvt | half value thickness |
| Hx | History |
| hx | hypoxanthine |
| hxdpg | hexadecylpalmitoylglycerol |
| hxm | hexamethylmelamine |
| hy | hoehn and yahr grade |
| hy | hygromycin |
| hy | hypericin |
| hy | hypermetropia |
| hy | hyperopia |
| hy | hysteria |
| hycosy | hysterosalpingo contrast sonography |
| hyg | hygromycin |
| hyp | hydroxyproline |
| hyp | hypalgesia |
| hyp | hyperresonance |
| hyp | hypertrophy |
| hyp | hypophysectomy |
| hyperal | hyperalimenation |
| hypertens | hypertension |
| hypo | hypodermic |
| hypp | hyperkalemic periodic paralysis |
| hz | herpes zoster |
| hz | hertz |
| hzo | herpes zoster ophthalmicus |
| hzo | herpes zoster oticus |
| hzv | herpes zoster virus |