Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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HBLA human B-cell lymphocyte antigen
H₂ blockers histamine blockers
HBLV human B-cell lymphotropic virus
HBM health belief model; hypertonic buffered medium
HbM hemoglobin Milwaukee
HBMEC human brain microvascular endothelial cell
HbMet methemoglobin
HBMP Human Brain Map Project
hBNP human brain natriuretic peptide
HBO hyperbaric oxygen, hyperbaric oxygenation
HbO oxyhemoglobin
HbO₂ oxyhemoglobin
HBOC hereditary breast-ovarian cancer
HBOT hyperbaric oxygen therapy
HBP heartbeat period; hepatic binding protein; high blood pressure; hospital-based practice
HbP primitive hemoglobin
HBPV HB virus
HBr hydrobromic acid
HbR reduced hemoglobin
HBS hepatitis B surface [antigen]; hyperkinetic behavior syndrome
HB_s hepatitis B surface [antigen]
HbS hemoglobin S, sickle-cell hemoglobin
HBsAb hepatitis B surface antibody
HBsAb/Ag hepatitis B surface antibody/antigen
HBSAG, HBsAg, HB_sAG, HB_sAg hepatitis B surface antigen
HBsAg/adr hepatitis B surface antigen manifesting group-specific determinant a and subtype-specific determinants d and r
HBSC hematopoietic blood stem cell
HBSS Hank's balanced salt solution
HbSS hemoglobin SS
HBT brevetoxin; human brain thromboplastin; human breast tumor
HBT-B brevetoxin B
Hb_tot total hemoglobin
HBV hepatitis B vaccine; hepatitis B virus; high biological value
HBV-MN membranous nephropathy associated with hepatitis B virus
HBVS hepatitis B virus integration site
HBW Healthbeat Wales [study]; high birth weight
HbZ hemoglobin Z, hemoglobin Zürich
HC hair cell; hairy cell; Hajdu-Cheney [disease]; handicapped; head circumference; head compression; health care; health checkup; healthy control; heart catheterization; heart cycle; heat conservation; heavy chain; hematochromatosis; hemicholinium; hemoglobin concentration; hemorrhagic colitis; heparin cofactor; hepatic catalase; hepatitis C; hepatocellular; hepatocellular cancer; hereditary coproporphyria; hexachloroethane; Hickman catheter; high-calorie [diet]; hippocampus; histamine challenge; histochemistry; home care; homocystinuria; Hospital Corps; house call; Huntington chorea; hyaline casts; hybrid capture [assay]; hydraulic concussion; hydrocarbon; hydrocortisone; hydroxycorticoid; hyoid cornu; hypercholesterolemia; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
H&C hot and cold
4HC 4-hydroperoxy-cyclophosphamide
Hc hexachloroethane; Histoplasma capsulatum; hybrid capture [assay]; hydrocolloid
HCA healthcare associate; heart cell aggregate; hepatocellular adenoma; hierarchical clustering analysis; home care aide; Hospital Corporation of America; hybrid capture assay; hydrocortisone acetate; hypothermic circulatory arrest
HCa high calcium [diet]
HC/AC head circumference/abdominal circumference ratio
hCaCC human calcium-sensitive chloride channel
HCAEC human coronary artery endothelial cell
HCAP handicapped
HCATT hyperbaric care air transport team
HCA/W home care aide or worker
HCB hexachlorobenzene
HCC health call center [telemedicine]; healthcare related common component; hepatitis contagiosa canis; hepatocellular carcinoma; history of chief complaint; hospital computer center; hydroxycholecalciferol
25-HCC 25-hydroxycholecalciferol
HCCA healthcare commuting area; 4-hydroxycinnamic acid
HCCAA hereditary cysteine C amyloid angiopathy
HCCH hexachlorocyclohexane
HCCS hereditary cancer consulting service
HCD health care delivery; heavy-chain disease; high-calorie diet; high-carbohydrate diet; homologous canine distemper; human Chagas disease
HCE healthcare establishment; healthcare expertise; hypoglossal carotid entrapment
HC-EAS hybrid capture expansion analysis system
HCF [fetal] head-to-cervix force; healthy control female; heparin cofactor; hereditary capillary fragility; highest common factor; hypocaloric carbohydrate feeding
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration [pronounced "Hickfa"]
hCFSH human chorionic follicle-stimulating hormone
HCG, HcG, hCG human chorionic gonadotropin
HCH Health Care for the Homeless; hexachlorocyclohexane; hemochromatosis; hygroscopic condenser humidifier
HCHB hemichorea-hemiballismus
HCHP Harvard Community Health Plan
HCHWA hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
HCHWA-D hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type
HCI Health Commons Institute; human collagenase inhibitor; human-computer interface
HcImp hydrocolloid impression
HCIN high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
HCIS Health Care Information System
HCK hematopoietic cell kinase
HCL hairy-cell leukemia; human cultured lymphoblasts
HCl hydrogen chloride
HCLF high carbohydrate, low fiber [diet]
HCLU health care libraries unit
HCM health care management; hospital communication module; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
HCMM hereditary cutaneous malignant melanoma
HCMV human cytomegalovirus
HCN health communication network; hereditary chronic nephritis
HCO health care organization
HCO3 bicarbonate
HCOP health center opportunity program
HCoV human coronavirus
HCP handicapped; health care provider; hematopoietic cell phosphatase; hepatocatalase peroxidase; hereditary coproporphyria; hexachlorophene; high cell passage; home care platform; hydrophobic class pair; hyperplasia with chronic pancreatitis
H&CP hospital and community psychiatry
HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
HCPH hematopoietic cell phosphatase
HCPOTP health care professionals other than physicians
HCPP health care prepayment plan
HCQI health care quality improvement (pronounced Hicky)
HCQIA Health Care Quality Improvement Act
HCR heme-controlled repressor; host-cell reactivation; hysterical conversion reaction
HCRE Homeopathic Council for Research and Education
hCRH human corticotropin-releasing hormone
Hcrit hematocrit
H-CRT high-resolution cathode ray tube
HCS Hajdu-Cheney syndrome; Hazard Communication Standard; health care support; hemocystic spot; high confidence [information] system; hourglass contraction of the stomach; human chorionic somatotropin; human cord serum
17-HCS 17-hydroxycorticosteroid
hCS human chorionic somatomammotropin
HCSD Health Care Studies Division
hCSM human chorionic somatomammotropin
HCSS hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome
HCSUS human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] Cost and Services Utilization Study
HCT health check test; helical computed tomography; hematocrit; historic control trial; homocytotrophic; human calcitonin; hydrochlorothiazide; hydrophobic class torsion; hydroxycortisone
Hct hematocrit
hCT human calcitonin; human chorionic thyrotropin
HCTA health care technology assessment; helical compound tomographic angiography
HCTC Health Care Technology Center
HCTD hepatic computed tomography density
HCTS high cholesterol and tocopherol supplement
HCTU home cervical traction unit
HCTZ hydrochlorothiazide
HCU healthcare unit; homocystinuria; hyperplasia cystica uteri
HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project [database]
HCUPnet Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Network
HCV hepatitis C virus; hog cholera virus
HCVD hypertensive cardiovascular disease
HCVE human cardiac valve endothelium
HCVS human coronavirus sensitivity
HCW health care worker
Hcy homocysteine
HD distilled mustard [war gas]; Haab-Dimmer [syndrome]; Hajna-Damon [broth]; Hansen disease; hard disk; hearing distance; heart disease; helix destabilizing [protein]; hemidesmosome; hemidiaphragm; hemodialysis; hemolytic disease; hemolyzing dose; hemorrhagic dengue; herniated disk; high density; high dose; hip disarticulation; Hirschsprung disease; histopathologic damage; Hodgkin disease; homeodomain; hormone-dependent; house dust; human diploid [cells]; Huntington disease; hydatid disease; hydrodensitometry; hydroxydopamine
H&D Hunter and Driffield [curve]
HD₅₀ 50% hemolyzing dose of complement
HDA heteroduplex analysis; Huntington Disease Association; hydroxydopamine
HDAC histone deacetylase
HDAd helper-dependent adenovirus
HD-AF hemidesmosome-anchoring filament
HDAg hepatitis delta antigen
HDARAC high-dose cytarabine
HDBH hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase
HDC hand drive control; Health Care Financing Administration [HCFA] Data Center; high-dose chemotherapy; histidine decarboxylase; hospital dialysis center; human diploid cell; hypodermoclysis
HDCS human diploid cell strain
HDCT high-dose chemotherapy
HDCV human diploid cell rabies vaccine
HDD hard disk device; high-dosage depth; Higher Dental Diploma
HDDRISC Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Indicators in a Screened Cohort [study]
HDES Heidelberg Diet and Exercise Study
HDF hemodiafiltration; host defense factor; human diploid fibroblast
HDFP Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program
3H-DFP tritiated diisopropyl-fluorophosphonate
HDG high-dose group
HDH heart disease history
Hdh huntingtin; Huntington disease homolog
3H-DHE tritiated dihydroergocryptine
HDI Hamilton depression inventory; hemorrhagic disease of infants; hexamethylene diisocyanate; high definition imaging; hospital discharge index
HDIC hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of colon
HDIR high isodose range [radiosurgery]
HDIVIG high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin
HDL hardware description language; high-density lipoprotein
HDLBP high-density lipoprotein binding protein
HDL-C high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol complex
HDL-c high-density lipoprotein-cell surface
HDLP high-density lipoprotein
HDLS hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids
HDLW distance from which a watch ticking is heard by left ear
HDM house dust mite
HDML health checkup data makeup language
HDMP high-dose methylprednisolone
HDMTX high-dose methotrexate
HDMTX-CF high-dose methotrexate citrovorum factor
HDMTX-LV high-dose methotrexate leucovorin
HDN health data network; hemolytic disease of the newborn
hDNA heteroduplex deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]; hybrid deoxyribonucleic acid
HDP heart disease program [computerized diagnosis]; hexose diphosphate; high-density polyethylene; hydrogen diphosphonate; hydroxydimethylpyrimidine
HDPAA heparin-dependent platelet-associated antibody
HDPE high-density polyethylene
HDR high dose radiation; high dose rate [brachytherapy]
HDRBC head-damaged red blood cells
HDRF Heart Disease Research Foundation
HDRS Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
HDRV human diploid rabies vaccine
HDRW distance from which a watch ticking is heard by right ear
HDS Hamilton Depression Scale; Health Data Services; health delivery system; Healthcare Data Systems; herniated disk syndrome; Hospital Discharge Survey; Hypertension in Diabetes Study
HDSCR health deviation self-care requisites
HDU hemodialysis unit; high dependency unit
HDV hemorrhagic disease virus; hepatitis D virus, hepatitis delta virus
HDZ hydralazine
HE half-scan with extrapolation; hard exudate; hektoen enteric [agar]; hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis; hematoxylin-eosin [stain]; hemoglobin electrophoresis; hepatic encephalopathy; hereditary elliptocytosis; high exposure; hollow enzyme; human enteric; hydroxyethyl [cellulose]; hyperextension; hypertensive encephalopathy; hypogonadotropic eunuchoidism
H&E hematoxylin and eosin [stain]; hemorrhage and exudate; heredity and environment
H/E hematoxylin-eosin [staining]
He heart
HEA hexone-extracted acetone; human erythrocyte antigen
HEADDFIRST Hemicraniectomy and Durotomy from Massive Hemispheric Infarctions: A Proposed Multicenter, Prospective Randomized Study
HEADLAMP Health and Environment Analysis for Decision-Making: Linkage and Monitoring Project
HEAL health education assistance loan; Hospital and Emergency Ambulance Link [Singapore]
HealSB Health Standards Board
HEALTH ABC Dynamics of Health, Aging and Body Composition [study]
HealthSTAR Health Services, Technology, Administration, and Research [NLM database]
HEAP heparin and early patency
HEART Healing and Early Afterload Reducing Therapy [study]; Health Education and Research Trial; Hyperlipidemia, Epidemiology, Atherosclerosis Risk-Factor Trial; Hypertension and Ambulatory Recording Venetia Study
HEAT human erythrocyte agglutination test
HEB hemato-encephalic barrier
HEBSWEB Health Education Board for Scotland's Website
HEC hamster embryo cell; Health Education Council; human endothelial cell; hydroxyergocalciferol; hydroxyethyl cellulose
HECC high-end computing and computation
HECCWG High End Computing and Computation Working Group
HED hereditary ectodermal dysplasia; hydrotropic electron-donor; hydroxyephedrine; hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia; unit skin dose [of x-rays, Ger. Haut-Einheits-Dosis]