medical encyclopadia
| Abbrev. | Meaning |
|---|---|
| h | Hour |
| H | Histamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) hemagglutinin |
| Hx | History |
| HA | Hypertonia arterialis Headache |
| H/A | Headache |
| HAA | Hepatitis Associated antigen |
| HAART | Highly active anti-aetroviral therapy |
| HACE | High-altitude cerebral edema |
| HACEK | acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children |
| HAE | Hereditary angioedema |
| HAD | HIV-associated dementia |
| H/A | Headache |
| HALE | Health-adjusted life expectancy |
| HAPE | High-altitude pulmonary edema |
| HAV | Hepatitis A virus |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| HB | Heart block |
| Hb% | Hemoglobin concentration in gram per deciliter |
| HbA | Hemoglobin A (commonest type of hemoglobin) |
| HbA1C | Glycosylated hemoglobin (used as a measure of diabetes control) |
| HBD | Has been drinking |
| HbF | Fetal hemoglobin |
| HBP | High blood pressure, that is, hypertension |
| HbsAg | Hepatitis B surface antigen |
| HBV | Bepatitis B virus |
| HC | Hemorrhagic colitis |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| hCG | Human chorionic gonadotropin |
| HCL | Hairy cell leukemia |
| HCM | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| Hct | Hematocrit |
| HCT | Hematocrit Hematopoietic cell transplantation |
| HCRP | Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme |
| HCTZ | Hydrochlorothiazide |
| HD | Hodgkin's disease |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| HDL-C | High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol |
| HDU | High dependency unit |
| HDV | Hepatitis D virus |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and eosin, a standard tissue stain |
| HEENT | Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
| HELP HELLP | Hypertension, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (syndrome) (in pregnancy) |
| HEMA | Hydroxy ethyl methacrylate, a material in soft contact lenses |
| Hema | Hematest - e.g. Hema (-) - fecal occult blood |
| HES | Hydroxyethyl starch |
| HETE | Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| HEV | Hepatitis E virus |
| HFM | Hand foot and mouth disease |
| HFRS | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome |
| HGB | Hemoglobin |
| HGSIL | High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| HGV | Hepatitis G virus |
| HGPRTase | Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase |
| HH | Hiatus hernia |
| H&H | Hemoglobin and hematocrit |
| HHT | Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectisia |
| HHV | Human herpesvirus (including numerous subtypes such as HHV8) |
| HI | Homicidal ideation |
| Hib | haemophilus influenzae B |
| HIDS | Hyper-IgD (and periodic fever) syndrome |
| HIT | Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HL | Hepatic lipase Hodgkin's lymphoma Hearing level |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| HLHS | Hypoplastic left heart syndrome |
| H&M | Hematemesis and melena |
| HMD | Hyaline membrane disease |
| HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA |
| HMGR | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase |
| HMS | Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly |
| HMSN | Hereditary motor sensory neuropathy |
| HN | Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase |
| HND | Hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| HNPCC | Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer |
| H/O | History of ... |
| HOB | Head of bed--usually followed by degrees |
| HOCM | Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
| HONK | Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma |
| H&P | History and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| HPETE | Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| HPF | High power field (microscopy) |
| HPI H/oPI | History of the present illness |
| HPOA | Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (clubbing) |
| HPL | Human placental lactogen (same as human chorionic somatomammotropin) |
| HPS | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HR | Heart rate |
| HRCT | High resolution computed tomography |
| HRT | Hormone replacement therapy |
| h.s. | At bedtime (from Latin hora somni) |
| hs | Hours of sleep |
| H→S | Heel-to-shin test |
| HSC | Human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) |
| HSG | Hysterosalpingogram |
| HSIL | High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| HSP | Henoch-Schönlein purpura |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| HT | Hypertension |
| Ht | Height |
| HTLV | Human T-lymphotropic virus |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| HTPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| HTVD | Hypertensive vascular disease |
| HUS | Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
| HVLT | High-velocity lead therapy (see also GSW, gunshot wound) |
| Hx | History (of) |
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