Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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PARC Palo Alto Research Center; Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign
PARCO parallel computing
parent parenteral
pArg poly-L-arginine
PARIS Peripheral Artery Radiation Investigational Study; Persantine Aspirin Reinfarction Study
PARK Postangioplasty Restenosis Ketanserin [study]; Prevention of Angioplasty Reocclusion with Ketanserin
parox paroxysm, paroxysmal
PARP poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase
PARR postanesthesia recovery room
PARS Personal Adjustment and Role Skills Scale
PART Prevention of Atherosclerosis with Ramipril Therapy [trial]; Probucol Angioplasty Restenosis Trial
PART-1 Predictors of Atherosclerosis Risk and Thrombosis [trial]
PART-2 Predictors of Atherosclerosis Risk and Thrombosis [trial]
PARTNER Peripheral Arterial Disease Response to Taprostene with New Established Response Criteria [trial]
PARTNERS Primary Care Access to Resources, Training, Networks, Education, and Research Services
PARTY prevent alcohol and risk-related trauma in youth
PARU postanesthetic recovery unit
PARV Parana virus
ParVox Parallel Volume Rendering System for Scientific Visualization [trial]
PAS para-aminosalicylate; Paragon Elective or Acute Stent [trial]; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and scheduling; periodic acid-Schiff [reaction]; peripheral anterior synechia; persistent atrial standstill; Personality Assessment Scale; photoacoustic spectroscopy; phosphatase acid serum; physician-assisted suicide; Polish Amiodarone Study; posterior airway space; pre-admission screening; predictive accuracy on survival; pregnancy advisory service; premature atrial stimulus; professional activity study; progressive accumulated stress; pulmonary arterial stenosis; pulmonary artery systolic
Pas, Pa · s, Pa × s pascal-second
PASA para-aminosalicylic acid; polymerase chain reaction amplification of specific alleles; primary acquired sideroblastic anemia; proximal articular set angle
PASAR programmable automatic scanning arrhythmia reversion [algorithm]
PASAR-O orthorhythmic programmable automatic scanning arrhythmia reversion [algorithm]
PASARR pre-admission screening and resident review
PASAT Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task
PASB protein-associated strand breaks
PAS-C para-aminosalicylic acid crystallized with ascorbic acid
PASD after diastase digestion
PASE Pacemaker Selection in the Elderly [trial]; physical activity scale for the elderly [evaluation]
PASG pneumatic antishock garment
PASH periodic acid-Schiff hematoxylin; pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
PASM periodic acid-silver methenamine
PASP pancreas-specific protein; pulmonary artery systolic pressure
PASS personal alerting safety system; Piracetam in Acute Stroke Study; Postarthroplasty Screening Study [for deep venous thrombosis]; Practical Applicability of Saruplase Study; Prehospital Applicability of Saruplase Study
pass passive
pass ROM passive range of motion
PASSOR Physiatric Association for Spine, Sports, and Occupational Rehabilitation
PAST periodic acid-Schiff technique
Past Pasteurella
PASTA Percutaneous Ambulatory Stent Trial; polarity altered spectral selective acquisition; Primary Angioplasty vs Stent Implantation in Acute Myocardial Infarction [trial]
PAstV porcine astrovirus
PASVR pulmonary anomalous superior venous return
PASW personal assistance service worker
PAT Pain Apperception Test; paroxysmal atrial tachycardia; patient; patient domain; penetrating abdominal trauma; phenylaminotetrazole; physical abilities test; picric acid turbidity; platelet aggregation test; Polish Amiodarone Trial; polyamine acetyltransferase; postoperative atrial tachycardia; preadmission assessment team/test; preadmission testing; predictive ability test; pregnancy at term; psychoacoustic test
pat patella; patent; paternal origin; patient
PATAF Prevention of Arterial Thromboembolism in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation [study]; Primary Prevention of Arterial Thromboembolic Processes in Atrial Fibrillation [trial]
PATAV Pata virus
PATCH planned approach to community health
Pat-CIS patient clinical information system
PatDp paternal duplication
PATE Pravastatin Anti-atherosclerosis Trial in the Elderly; psychodynamic and therapeutic education; pulmonary artery thromboembolism
PATENT Pro-Urokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator Enhancement of Thrombolysis [trial]
PATG patient group [UMLS]
PATH pathologic function [UMLS]; pathology, pathological; pituitary adrenotropic hormone; physicians at teaching hospitals
path pathogenesis, pathogenic; pathology, pathological
PATHS Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension Study
Patm atmospheric pressure
PATMAN Patient Workflow Management [system]
Patr pulmonary atresia
PATRIC position and time resolved ion counting
PATS Poststroke Antihypertensive Treatment Study; Prehospital Administration of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Study; Protection Assessment Test System
PAT-SED pseudoachondroplastic dysplasia
PA-T-SP periodic acid-thiocarbo-hydrazide-silver proteinate
PATV Patois virus
PAU phenol-acetic acid-urea
PAUP phylogenic analysis using parsimony
PAUSE Popliteal Artery Ultrasound Examination [study]
PAV percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty; poikiloderma atrophicans vasculare; posterior arch vein; proportional assist ventilation
PaV Pariacoto virus
Pav airway pressure
P_ave mean average pressure during inspiration
PAVEC porcine aortic valve endothelial cell
pavex passive vascular exercise
PAVF pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
PAVM pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
PAVNRT paroxysmal atrioventricular nodal reciprocal tachycardia
pAVP plasma arginine vasopressin
PA-VSD pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect
PAW peripheral airways; pulmonary artery wedge
P_AW, Paw airway pressure
PAWP pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
PAWS primary withdrawal syndrome
PAX paired box homeotic [family]
PAZ prednisone/azathioprine
PB British pharmacopeia [Pharmacopoeia Britannica]; paraffin bath; paraffin block; paucibacillary; Paul-Bunnell [antibody]; periodic breathing; peripheral blood; peroneus brevis; phenobarbital; phenoxybenzamine phonetically balanced; pinealoblastoma; Polybrene; polymyxin B; premature beat; pressure breathing; protein binding; punch biopsy; pyridostigmine bromide
P_B barometric pressure
P&B pain & burning; phenobarbital and belladonna
Pb body [surface] pressure; lead [Lat. plumbum]; phenobarbital; presbyopia
PBA polyclonal B-cell activity; pressure breathing assist; prolactin-binding assay; prune belly anomaly; pulpobuccoaxial
PBAL protected bronchoalveolar lavage
PBB polybrominated biphenyl
Pb-B lead in blood
PBBs polybrominated biphenyls
PBC perfusion balloon catheter; phosphocreatine; peripheral blood cell; point of basal convergence; pre-bed care; primary biliary cirrhosis; progestin-binding complement
PBCC point biserial correlation coefficient
PBCH polymorphic B-cell hyperplasia
PBCL polymorphic B-cell lymphoma
PBCRA progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy
PBCV Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus
PBD postburn day
PBDE polybrominated diphenyl ether
PBE tuberculin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis [Ger. Perlsucht Bacillen-emulsion]
PBF pencil beam function [radiotherapy]; peripheral blood flow; placental blood flow; predominant breast feeding; pulmonary blood flow
PBFE peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme
PBFe protein-bound iron
PBG porphobilinogen
PBGD porphobilinogen deaminase
PBGS, PBG-S porphobilinogen synthase
PBH profiling by hybridization; pulling boat hands; pyrenabutyric acid hydrazide
PBHB poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate
PBI parental bonding instrument; penile pressure/brachial pressure index; protein-bound iodine
PbI lead intoxication
PBIgG platelet surface bound immunoglobulin G
PBK phosphorylase B kinase
PBL peripheral blood leukocyte; peripheral blood lymphocyte; problem-based learning
PBLC peripheral blood lymphocyte count; premature birth living child; problem-based learning curriculum
PBLM problem-based learning module
PBLT peripheral blood lymphocyte transformation
PBM peak bone mass; peripheral basement membrane; peripheral blood mononuclear [cell]; placental basement membrane
PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cell; pharmaceutical benefit management company
PBMNC peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PBMV pulmonary blood mixing volume
PBN alpha-phenyl-n-tert-butylnitrone; paralytic brachial neuritis; peripheral benign neoplasm; polymyxin B sulfate, bacitracin, and neomycin
PBNA partial body neutron activation
PBO penicillin in beeswax and oil; placebo
PBP penicillin-binding protein; platelet basic protein; porphyrin biosynthesis pathway; prostate-binding protein; pseudobulbar palsy; pulsatile bypass pump
PBPC peripheral blood progenitor cell; progressive bulbar palsy of childhood
PBPI penile-brachial pulse index
PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic [model]
PBPND progressive bulbar palsy with neural deafness
PBPV percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty
PBRN practice-based research network
PBS perfusion-pressure breakthrough syndrome; phenobarbital sodium; phosphate-buffered saline; planar bone scan; primer binding site; protected brush specimen; prune belly syndrome; pulmonary branch stenosis
PBSA phosphate buffered saline [solution]
PBSC peripheral blood stem cell
PBSCT peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
PBSP prognostically bad signs during pregnancy
PBT Paul-Bunnell test; phenacetin breath test; piebald trait; profile-based therapy; pulmonary barotrauma
PBT₄ protein-bound thyroxine
PBV predicted blood volume; pulmonary blood volume
PBW posterior bite wing
PBX private branch exchange
PBZ personal breathing zone; phenylbutazone; phenoxybenzamine; pyribenzamine
PC avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; pacinian corpuscle; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; paramyotonia congenita; parent cell; particulate component; partition coefficient; patch clamp; penicillin; penile carcinoma; pentose cycle; peritoneal cell; personal care; personal computer; pharmacology; phase contrast; pheochromocytoma; phosphate cycle; phosphatidylcholine; phosphorylcholine; photoconduction; physicians' corporation; pill counter; piriform cortex; placebo-controlled; plasma concentration; plasma cortisol; plasmacytoma; plasmin complex; plastocyanin; platelet concentrate; platelet count; pneumotaxic center; polycarbonate; polycentric; polyposis coli; poor condition; poor coordination; portacaval; portal cirrhosis; postcoital; posterior cervical; posterior chamber; posterior commissure; posterior cortex; potential complications; preconditioned, preconditioning; precordial; prenatal care; present complaint; primary closure; principal component; printed circuit; procollagen; productive cough; professional corporation; prohormone convertase; prophlogistic corticoid; prostacyclin; prostatic carcinoma; protective cover; protein C; protein convertase; proximal colon; pseudocyst; pubococcygeus [muscle]; pulmonary capillary; pulmonary circulation; pulmonary compliance; pulmonic closure; Purkinje cell; pyloric canal; pyruvate carboxylase
PC1 first principal component
P_c critical pressure
pc parsec; percent; picocurie
p/c presenting complaint
PCA pancreatic carcinoma; para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant/aide; patient care audit; patient-controlled analgesia; penicillamine; perchloric acid; percutaneous carotid angiography; percutaneous coronary angioplasty; personal care assistant; personal computer advisory; phenylcarboxylic acid; Physicians Corporation of America; plasma catecholamine; polyclonal antibody; porcine coronary artery; porous coated anatomic [prosthesis]; postconceptional age; portacaval anastomosis; postcoronary [cardiac] arrest; posterior cerebral artery; posterior communicating aneurysm/artery; posterior cricoarytenoid [muscle]; precoronary care area; prehospital cardiac arrest; President's Council on Aging; principal components analysis; procainamide; procoagulant activity; program component area; prostatic carcinoma; protected catheter aspirate; protective concentration level; pyrrolidine carboxylic acid
PcA prostatic adenocarcinoma
PCAD Patent Citation Analysis Database; progression of coronary artery disease
pCAF phasic carotid activation function
PCAPS Primary Care Act Pilot Sites [UK]
PCASSO Patient-Centered Access to Secure System Online
PCAST President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCASYS pattern-level classification automation system
PCAT phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol acyltransferase; primary care assessment tool
PCAV Pacora virus
PCB paracervical block; polychlorinated biphenyl; portacaval bypass; postcoital bleeding; printed circuit board; procarbazine
PcB near point of convergence to the intercentral base line [Lat. punctum convergens basalis]
PC-BMP phosphorylcholine-binding myeloma protein
PCC Pasteur Culture Collection; percutaneous cecostomy; peripheral cholangiocarcinoma; pheochromocytoma; phosphate carrier compound; plasma catecholamine concentration; platinum-containing compound; pneumatosis cystoides coli; Poison Control Center; precoronary care; premature chromosome condensation; primary care clinic or center; primary care continuum; primary care curriculum; protein C cofactor
PCc periscopic concave
pcc premature chromosome condensation
PCCA polychlorocycloalkane
PCCC pediatric critical care center
PCCF protein C cofactor
PC CLIN-SIM personal computer clinical simulation
PCCM pediatric critical care medicine; primary care case management; primary care case manager
PCCTEA patient-controlled continuous thoracic epidural analgesia
PCCU post-coronary care unit
PCD pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator; papillary collecting duct; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration; paroxysmal cerebral dysrhythmia; percutaneous catheter drainage; pervasive developmental disorder; phosphate-citrate-dextrose; plasma cell dyscrasia; polycystic disease; posterior corneal deposits; postmortem cesarean delivery; premature centromere division; primary ciliary dyskinesia; programmable cardioverter-defibrillator; programmed cell death; prolonged contractile duration; pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase; pulmonary clearance delay
PCDC plasma clot diffusion chamber
PCDD Patient Clinical Data Directory; polychlorinated dibenzodioxin
PCDF polychorinated dibenzofuran
PCDS Patient Care Data Set
PCE patient care encounter; perchloroethylene; physical capacity evaluation; pseudocholinesterase; polychromatic erythrocyte
PCEA patient-controlled epidural anesthesia
PCES patient care evaluation study
PCF peripheral circulatory failure; pharyngoconjunctival fever; platelet complement fixation; posterior cranial fossa; potential [gene] coding fragment
pcf pounds per cubic feet
PCFIA particle concentration of fluorescence immunoassay
PCFT platelet complement fixation test
PCG pancreatico-cholangiography; paracervical ganglion; phonocardiogram, phonocardiography; pneumocardiogram; postcentral gyrus; preconditioned conjugate gradient [algorithm]; preventive care group; primate chorionic gonadotropin; pubococcygeus [muscle]
PCH paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria; patient care hours; polycyclic hydrocarbon
PCHE pseudocholinesterase
PCHI Partners Community Health Care
P²C² HIV Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection [study]; Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiac Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection [study]
PCHLS continuous heterogeneous lumped systems
PCI patient classification index; peripheral [computer] component interconnect; percutaneous coronary intervention; pneumatosis cystoides intestinales; prophylactic cranial irradiation; protein C inhibitor; prothrombin consumption index
P/CI physical and chemical indicators
pCi picocurie
PCIC Poison Control Information Center
pCi/L picocuries per liter
PC-IRV pressure-controlled inverted ratio ventilation
PCIS Patient-Care Information System; point-of-care information system; postcardiac injury syndrome
PCK phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; polycystic kidney
PCKD polycystic kidney disease
PCL pacing cycle length; packaging cell line; persistent corpus luteum; plasma cell leukemia; posterior chamber lens; posterior cruciate ligament; primary care loan; proximal collateral ligament