Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• HMDP  hydroxymethylenediphosphonate
• HME  Health Media Education; heat and moisture exchanger; heat, massage, and exercise; hemimegalencephaly
• HMEC  human mammary epithelial cell
• HMEF  heat and moisture exchanger filter
• HMF  hydroxymethylfurfural
• HMFG  human milk fat globulin
• HMG  high-mobility group; human menopausal gonadotropin; 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl
• hMG  human menopausal gonadotropin
• HMG CoA  3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A
• HMH  health level [HL] message handling
• HMI  healed myocardial infarct; health and medical informatics; human-machine interface; hypomelanosis of Ito
• HMIC  Health Management Information Consortium
• HMIG  hazardous materials identification guide
• HMIS  hazardous materials identification system; hazardous materials information system; hospital management information system
• HMK  high molecular weight kininogen
• HML  human milk lysosome
• HMM  heavy meromyosin; hexamethyl-melamine; hidden Markov model
• HMMA  4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid
• HMMER  hidden Markov marker and profiles
• HMMF  human monocyte-derived macrophage
• HMN  hereditary motor neuropathy
• H-MNPM  [Department of] Health Education and Welfare-Medicus Nursing Process Methodology
• HMO  health maintenance organization; heart minute output
• HMOX  heme oxygenase
• HMP  hexose monophosphate pathway; hot moist packs
• HMPA  hexamethylphosphoramide
• HMPAO, HM-PAO  hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime
• HMPG  hydroxymethoxyphenylglycol
• HMPS  hexose monophosphate shunt
• HMPT  hexamethylphosphorotriamide
• HMQC  heteronuclear multiple-quantum correlation
• HMR  health maintenance record; health maintenance recommendations; health management resources; histiocytic medullary reticulosis
• HMRI  Hospital Medical Records Institute [Canada]
• H-mRNA  H-chain messenger ribonucleic acid
• HMRT  hazardous materials response team
• HMRTE  human milk reverse transcriptase enzyme
• HMRU  hazardous materials response unit
• HMS  hexose monophosphate shunt; Household Multipurpose Survey; hypermobility syndrome
• HMSA  health manpower shortage area; hydroxymethanesulfonate
• HMSAS  hypertrophic muscular subaortic stenosis
• hMSH  human Mut S homologue
• HMSN  hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
• HMSS  Hospital Management Systems Society
• HMT  hematocrit; histamine-N-methyltransferase; hospital management team
• HMTA  hexamethylenetetramine
• HMU  hydroxymethyl-uracil
• 5-HMU  5-hydroxymethyl uridine
• HMVEC  human dermal microvascular endothelial cell
• HMW  high-molecular-weight
• HMW-BCGF  high-molecular-weight B cell growth factor
• HMWC  high-molecular-weight component
• HMWGP  high-molecular-weight glycoprotein
• HMWK  high-molecular-weight kininogen
• HMX  heat, massage, and exercise
• HN  head and neck; head nurse; hemagglutinin neuraminidase; hematemesis neonatorum; hemorrhage of newborn; hereditary nephritis; high necrosis; hilar node; histamine-containing neuron; home nursing; human nutrition; hypertrophic neuropathy
• H&N  head and neck
• HNA  healthcare network architecture; heparin neutralizing activity
• HNAD  hyperosmolar nonacidotic diabetes
• HNB  human neuroblastoma
• HNBD  has not been drinking
• HNC  hypernephroma cell; hyperosmolar nonketotic coma; hypothalamoneurohypophyseal complex
• HNF  hepatocyte nuclear factor
• HNF1A  hepatocyte nuclear factor-1-alpha
• HNKC  hyperosmolar nonketotic coma
• HNKDS  hyperosmolar nonketotic diabetic state
• HNL  histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis
• HNMT  histamine N-methyltransferase
• HNN  hierarchical neural network
• HNP  hereditary nephritic protein; herniated nucleus pulposus; human neurophysin
• HNPCC  hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer [Database]; human nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
• HNPP  hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
• HNR  harmonic-to-noise ratio
• hnRNA  heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleic acid
• hnRNP, HNRP  heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein
• HNRPG  heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein peptide G
• HNS  head and neck surgery; home nursing supervisor
• HNSCC  head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
• HNSHA  hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia
• HNTD  highest nontoxic dose
• HNV  has not voided; health network venture
• HO  hand orthosis; heterotopic ossification; high oxygen; hip orthosis; history of; Holt-Oram [syndrome]; house officer; hyperbaric oxygen
• H/O, h/o  history of
• Ho  horse; [Cook-Medley] hostility scale
• HOA  hip osteoarthritis; hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
• HoaRhLG  horse anti-rhesus lymphocyte globulin
• HoaTTG  horse anti-tetanus toxoid globulin
• HOB  head of bed
• HOC  human ovarian cancer; hydroxycorticoid; hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• HOCA  high osmolar contrast agent
• HOCAP  Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Ablation Pacing [study]
• HOCM  high-osmolar contrast medium; hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• HOD  hyperbaric oxygen drenching
• HOF  hepatic outflow
• HofF  height of fundus
• HOGA  hyperornithinemia with gyrate atrophy
• HOH  hard of hearing
• HOI  hospital onset of infection
• HoIg  horse immunoglobulin
• HOKPP  hypokalemic periodic paralysis
• HOLON  health object library online
• HOM  high osmolar medium
• HOME  Home Observations for Measurement of the Environment
• Homeop  homeopathy
• HOMER-D  home rehabilitation-dialysis
• HOMO  highest occupied molecular orbital; homosexual
• homo  homosexual
• HOMSTRAD  Homologous Structure Alignment Database [proteins]
• HON  Health on the Net [Foundation]
• HONC  hyperosmolar nonketotic coma
• HONK  hyperosmolar nonketosis
• HoNOS  Health of the Nation Outcome Scale
• HOOD  hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia
• HOODS  hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia syndrome
• HOOE  heredopathia ophthalmo-oto- encephalica
• HOOP  Health Online Outreach Project
• HOP  high oxygen pressure; holoprosencephaly-polydactyly [syndrome]
• HOPE  Health Outcomes Prevention Evaluation; Healthcare Options Plan Entitlement; health-oriented physical education; holistic orthogonal parameter estimation; Hospital Outcomes Project for the Elderly; Hypertensive Old People in Edinburgh [study]
• HOPG  highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
• HOPI  history of present illness
• HOPP  hepatic occluded portal pressure
• HOPWA  housing opportunities for people with AIDS
• hor  horizontal
• HORG  health care organization [UMLS]
• HOS  health opinion survey; high-order spectrum; Holt-Oram syndrome; human osteosarcoma; hypoosmotic swelling [test]
• HoS  horse serum
• HOSE  Hierarchically Ordered Spherical Description of Environment
• Hosp, hosp  hospital
• HOST  healthcare open systems and trials; hybrid open system technology; hypo-osmotic shock treatment
• HOT  health-oriented telecommunication; Hormones Opposed by Tamoxifen [trial]; human old tuberculin; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Hypertension Optimal Treatment [study]
• HOT MI  Hyperbaric Oxygen and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction [study]
• HOTS  hypercalcemia-osteolysis-T-cell syndrome
• HOVERGEN  Homologous Vertebrate Genes [database]
• HOX, Hox  homeobox [protein]
• Ho:YAG  holmium:yttrium-aluminumgarnet [laser]
• HP  halogen phosphorus; handicapped person; haptoglobin; hard palate; Harvard pump; health profession(al); health profile; health promotion; heat production; heel to patella; Helicobacter pylori; hemiparkinsonism; hemipelvectomy; hemiplegia; hemoperfusion; Hemophilus pleuropneumoniae; heparin; hepatic porphyria; high permeability; high potency; high power; high pressure; high protein; highly purified; horizontal plane; horsepower; hospital participation; hot pack; house physician; human pituitary; hydrophilic petrolatum; hydrostatic pressure; hydroxypyruvate; hyperparathyroidism; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; hypophoria
• H&P  history and physical examination
• Hp  haptoglobin; hematoporphyrin; hemiplegia
• HPA  Health Care Practice Act; Health Policy Agenda for the American People; health promotion advocates; Helix pomatia agglutinin; hemagglutinating penicillin antibody; Histoplasma capsulatum polysaccharide antigen; human platelet alloantigen; human platelet antigen; humeroscapular periarthritis; hybridization protection assay; hypertrophic pulmonary arthropathy; hypophyseal-adrenal axis; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical [sys-tem]; hypothalamopituitary axis
• HPAA  hydroperoxyarachidonic acid; hydroxyphenylacetic acid; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis
• HPAC  high-performance affinity chromatography; hypothalamo-pituitary-adreno-cortical
• HPAE  high performance anion exchange [chromatography]
• HPAEC  high performance anion exchange chromatography
• HPAEC-PAD  high performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection
• HPAFT  hereditary persistence of alfa-fetoprotein
• H-PAGE  horizontal polyacrylamide gel
• HPAH  hydralazine pyruvic acid hydrazone
• HPASE  high-performance application for science and engineering
• HPB  hepatobiliary
• HPBC  hyperpolarizing bipolar cell
• HPBF  hepatotrophic portal blood factor
• HPBL  human peripheral blood leukocyte
• HPC  health professional card; hemangiopericytoma; high-performance computing; hippocampal pyramidal cell; history of present complaint; holoprosencephaly; hydroxypropylcellulose
• HPCA  human progenitor cell antigen
• HPCC  high-performance computing and communications
• HPCE  high performance capillary electrophoresis
• HPCHA  high red-cell phosphatidylcholine hemolytic anemia
• HPD  hearing protective device; hereditary progressive dystonia; high-protein diet; home peritoneal dialysis
• HPDR  hypophosphatemic D-resistant rickets
• HPE  hepatic portoenterostomy; high-permeability edema; history and physical examination; holoprosencephaly; hydrostatic permeability edema
• HPETE  hydroxyperoxy-eicosatetranoic [acid]
• HPeV  human parechovirus
• HPF  heparin-precipitable fraction; hepatic plasma flow; high-pass filter; high-performance FORTRAN; high-power field [microscope]; hypocaloric protein feeding
• hpf  high-power field [microscope]
• HPFH  hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin
• hPFSH, HPFSH  human pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone
• HPG  high purity germanium
• hPG, HPG  human pituitary gonadotropin
• HpGe  hyperpure germanium
• HPGL  Hewlett Packard graphic language
• HPH  Helix pomatia hemocyanin; hygromycin B phosphotransferase
• Hp-HB  haptoglobulin-hemoglobulin complex
• HPI  hepatic perfusion index; high pathogenicity island; history of present illness
• HPIEC  high performance ion-exchange chromatography
• HPIV 1, 2, 3, 4  human parainfluenza viruses 1, 2, 3, 4
• HPL  human parotid lysozyme; human peripheral lymphocyte; human placental lactogen
• hPL  human placental lactogen; human platelet lactogen
• HPLA  hydroxyphenyl lactic acid
• HPLAC  high-pressure liquid-affinity chromatography
• HPLC  high-performance liquid chromatography; high-power liquid chromatography; high-pressure liquid chromatography
• HPLC-MS  high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
• HPLE  hereditary polymorphic light eruption
• HPLH  hypoplastic left heart
• HPM  high-performance membrane
• HPMC  human peripheral mononuclear cell; hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
• hPMS  human postmeiotic segregation
• HPN  Health Provider Network; hepsin; home parenteral nutrition; hypertension
• hpn  hypertension
• HPNAT  high-performance networking application team
• HPNS  high pressure neurological syndrome
• HPNSP  high performance network service provider
• HPO  high-pressure oxygen; hydroperoxide; hydrophilic ointment; hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
• HPOA  hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
• HPP  hereditary pyropoikilocytosis; history of presenting problems
• HPP, hPP  human pancreatic polypeptide; hydroxyphenylpyruvate; hydroxypyrozolopyrimidine
• HPPA  hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
• HPPC  health plan purchasing cooperative
• HPP-CFC  high proliferative potential colony-forming cell
• HPPD  hours per patient day; hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
• hppd  hours per patient day
• HPPH  5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenyl- hydantoin