Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Medicine’

Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.

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Meaning

Language

Themes and places

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

In English

HMPPA

Herbal Medicinal Products Platform Austria (www.hmppa.at)

In English

HMPV

Humanes Metapneumovirus

In German

HMS

Hazard Monitor System

In English

HMS

Health Monitoring System

In English

    HN

    Hospital Neurológico

    In Spanish

    HNO

    Hals-, Nasen-, und Ohrenheilkunde

    In German

    HON

    Health On the Net

    In English

    HOPE

    HIV Outreach Programm and Education

    In English

    HP

    Hôpital Psychiatrique

    In French

    HPGM

    Hôpital Gériatrique Les Magnolias

    In French

    HPLS

    History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

    In English

    HPPS

    Human Plasma Product Services

    In English

    HPS

    Hemophagocytic syndrome

    In English

    HPT

    Home Pregnancy Test

    In English

    HR
    Heart Rate

    The abbreviation HR (Heart Rate) is included in the abbreviation rHR (Resting Heart Rate).

    HR is equivalent to FC (Fréquence Cardiaque) in French.

    In English

    HRP

    Health Related Professions

    In English

      HRPS

      Hazard Reduction Precedence Sequence

      In English

      HS

      Hospitalar Sisters of Mercy

      In English

      HSA

      Health Science Authority

      In English

      HSA
      Heat Shield Abort

      The abbreviation HSA (Heat Shield Abort) includes the abbreviation HS (Heat Shield).

      In English

      HSC

      Health Services Command

      In English

        HSDD

        Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

        In English

          HSFP

          Human Science Frontiers Programme

          In English

            HSG

            Hysterosalpingogram

            In English

            HSIRB
            Health Sciences Institutional Review Board

            The abbreviation HSIRB (Health Sciences Institutional Review Board) includes abbreviations IRB (Institutional Review Board) and RB (Review Board).

            In English

            HSMWG
            Hungarian Sexual Medicine Working Group

            The abbreviation HSMWG (Hungarian Sexual Medicine Working Group) includes the abbreviation WG (Working Group).

            In English

            HSO

            Handikappförbundens samarbetsorgan (www.hso.se)

            In Swedish

            HSV

            Herpes Simplex Virus

            In English

            HTA
            Health Technology Assessment

            The abbreviation HTA (Health Technology Assessment) is included in abbreviations such as CAHTA (Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment), HTAi (Health Technology Assessment international) and INAHTA (International Network of Health Technology Assessment).

            In English

            HTA
            Hypertension artérielle

            HTA is equivalent to АГ (Артериальная гипертензия) in Russian.

            In French

            HTAP
            Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar

            HTAP is equivalent to PAH (Pulmonalarterielle Hypertonie) in German, PH (Pulmonale Hypertonie) in German, PHT (Pulmonale Hypertonie) in German, HAP (Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar) in Catalan, PH (Pulmonary Hypertension) in English, HTP (Hipertensión Pulmonar) in Spanish, HTAP (Hypertension Artérielle Pulmonaire) in French, PH (Pulmonale Hypertensie) in Dutch, ЛГ (Лёгочная гиперте́нзия) in Russian, PAH (Pulmonal Arteriel Hypertension) in Danish, HTP (Hipertensión Pulmonar) in Galician, ԹՀ (Թոքային հիպերտենզիա) in Armenian, PAH (Pulmonal Arteriell Hypertensjon) in Norwegian, PH (Plućna Hipertenzija) in Serbian, PAH (Pulmonell Arteriell Hypertension) in Swedish, PH (Pulmoner Hipertansiyon) in Turkish.

            In Catalan

            HTAP
            Hypertension Artérielle Pulmonaire

            HTAP is equivalent to PAH, PH, PHT, HAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above).

            In French

            HTAi
            Health Technology Assessment international

            The abbreviation HTAi (Health Technology Assessment international) includes the abbreviation HTA (Health Technology Assessment).

            In English

            HTE

            Hazardous Top-Level Event

            In English

            HTN

            High Blood Pressure

            In English

            HTP
            Hipertensión Pulmonar

            HTP is equivalent to HTAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HAP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above).

            In Spanish

            HTP
            Hipertensión Pulmonar

            HTP is equivalent to HTAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HAP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above).

            In Galician

            HTS

            Humantechnology Styria (https://www.humantechnology.at/)

            In English

            HUG

            Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (https://www.hug-ge.ch/)

            In French

            HUMOS

            HUman MOdel of Safety

            In English

            HUS
            Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

            HUS is equivalent to SUH (Síndrome Urémico Hemolítico) in Spanish, SHU (Syndrome Hémolytique et Urémique) in French, HUS (Hämolytisch-urämisches Syndrom) in German, HUS (Hemolytisk uremisk syndrom) in Nynorsk, HUS (Hemolytisk-uremisk syndrom) in Norwegian, ХУС (Хемолитички уремијски синдром) in Serbian, HÜS (Hemolitik üremik sendrom) in Turkish.

            In English

            HUS
            Hämolytisch-urämisches Syndrom

            HUS is equivalent to SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above).

            In German

            HUS
            Hemolytisk uremisk syndrom

            HUS is equivalent to SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above).

            In Nynorsk

            HUS
            Hemolytisk-uremisk syndrom

            HUS is equivalent to SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above).

            In Norwegian

            HUVEC

            Human Umbilical Vascular Endothelial Cell

            In English

            HVDS

            Hazardous Vapor Detection System

            In English

            HeLa

            Henrietta Lacks

            In English

            HeaPh

            Health Physics

            In English

            HgA1c

            Hemoglobin A1c

            In English

            HÜS
            Hemolitik üremik sendrom

            HÜS is equivalent to HUS, SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above).

            In Turkish

            I-STEM

            Institut des Cellules Souches pour le Traitement et l'Étude des Maladies Monogéniques

            In French

            IACNDR
            Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction

            IACNDR is equivalent to CIRDN (Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales) in Spanish, CIRDN (Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais) in Portuguese.

            In English

            IACP

            International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (www.iacprx.org)

            In English

            IADE

            Infirmièr(e)-Anesthésiste Diplômé(e) d'État

            In French

            IAPO

            International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (www.patientsorganizations.org)

            In English

            IARC

            International Agency for Research on Cancer (https://www.iarc.fr/)

            In English

            IASTAM

            International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine

            In English

            IAT

            Institute of Animal Technology (www.iat.org.uk)

            In English

            IATSS

            International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences

            In English

            IAV

            Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (www.iav.ac.ma)

            In French

            IAVI

            International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

            In English

            IBA

            Institute for Biomedical Aging Research

            In English

            IBC

            International Bioethics Committee

            In English

            IBD

            Inflammatory Bowel Disease

            In English

            IBE

            International Bureau for Epilepsy (www.ibe-epilepsy.org)

            In English

            IBEB

            Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica

            In Portuguese

            IBS

            Irritable Bowel Syndrome

            In English

            IBT

            Internationaler Bund der Tierversuchsgegner (www.tierversuchsgegner.at)

            In German

            IC
            Intensive Care

            The abbreviation IC (Intensive Care) is included in the abbreviation ICU (Intensive Care Unit).

            In English

            IC/ES

            Intercommunication/Emergency Station

            In English

            ICA

            Internal Carotid Artery

            In English

            ICAAC

            Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

            In English

              ICAD

              International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (and Related Disorders)

              In English

              ICADTS

              International Council on Alcohol and Traffic Safety

              In French

              ICALIN
              Indicateur Composite des Activités de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales

              ICALIN is equivalent to ICALIN (Indice Composite des Activités de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales) in French.

              In French

              ICALIN
              Indice Composite des Activités de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales

              ICALIN is equivalent to ICALIN (see above).

              In French

              ICCF

              Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Chimico-Farmaceutică

              In Romanian

              ICD-O

              International Classification of Diseases for Oncology

              In English

              ICE

              In Case of Emergency

              In English

              ICF

              Intracellular fluid

              In English

              ICH

              International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use

              In English

              ICHA

              Integrated Cargo Hazard Assessment

              In English

              ICMJE

              International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org)

              In English

              ICMR

              Indian Council for Medical Research (www.icmr.nic.in)

              In English

              ICMS

              International Committee for Museum Security

              In English

              ICN
              International Conference on Nutrition

              ICN is equivalent to CIN (Conferencia Internacional sobre Nutrición) in Spanish, CIN (Conférence Internationale sur la Nutrition) in French, CIN (Conferência Internacional sobre Nutrição) in Portuguese.

              In English

              ICORD

              International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries

              In English

              ICP

              Intracranial pressure

              In English

              ICPO

              Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology

              In English

              ICPP
              Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty

              The abbreviation ICPP (Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty) includes the abbreviation CPP (Central Precocious Puberty).

              In English

              ICRC
              International Committee of the Red Cross (www.icrc.org)

              ICRC is equivalent to CICR (Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja) in Spanish, CICR (Comité International de la Croix-Rouge) in French, CICV (Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha) in Portuguese, МККК (Международный комитет Красного Креста) in Russian, SSKK (Starptautiskā Sarkanā Krusta Komiteja) in Latvian, CICR (Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa) in Italian, ICRC (적십자 국제 위원회) in Korean, CICR (Comitè Internacional de la Creu Roja) in Catalan, CICR (Comitât entèrnacionâl de la Crouèx-Roge) in Franco-Provençal.

              In English

              ICRC
              적십자 국제 위원회 (www.icrc.org)

              ICRC is equivalent to CICR, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above).

              In Korean

              ICRP
              International Commission on Radiological Protection

              ICRP is equivalent to CIPR (Commission Internationale de Protection Radiologique) in French.

              In English

              ICRP

              International Council on Radiation Protection

              In English

              ICRS

              International Cartilage Repair Society

              In English

              ICS

              Institut Clinique de la Souris (www-mci.u-strasbg.fr)

              In French

              ICS

              International Continence Society (https://www.ics.org/)

              In English

              ICSI

              Injection Intracytoplasmique du Spermatozoïde

              In French

              ICU
              Intensive Care Unit

              The abbreviation ICU (Intensive Care Unit) includes the abbreviation IC (Intensive Care).

              In English

              ICV

              Institut Cardiovasculaire

              In French

              IDDM
              Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

              IDDM is equivalent to DID (Diabète insulino-dépendant) in French, DMID (Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependente) in Portuguese, DMID (Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependiente) in Spanish.

              In English

              IDEC

              Irvine Disaster Emergency Communications

              In English

              IDEM

              Informations- und Dokumentationsstelle Ethik in der Medizin

              In German

              IDF
              International Diabetes Federation (https://idf.org/)

              IDF is equivalent to FID (Fédération Internationale du Diabète) in French, FID (Federación Internacional de Diabetes) in Spanish.

              In English

              IDSR

              Inspecteur Départemental de la Sécurité Routière

              In French

              IDVE

              Indice de Déviation du Volume Érythrocytaire

              In French

              IDÉE

              Institut Des Épilepsies de l‘Enfant et de l‘Adolescent

              In French

              IEB

              Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica

              In Portuguese

              IEFR

              International Emergency Food Reserve

              In English

              IES

              Information und Einsatz im Sanitätsdienst

              In German

                IEXAS

                Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences

                In English

                IFA

                Imagerie Fonctionnelle Automatisée

                In French

                IFC

                Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica

                In Italian

                IFIC

                International Food Information Council

                In English

                IFKB

                Interuniversitaire Onderzoekschool voor Klinische en Bewegingswetenschappen (www.ifkb.nl)

                In Dutch

                IFKF

                International Federation of Kidney Foundations

                In English

                IFPMA

                International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (https://www.ifpma.org/)

                In English

                IG
                Índice glicêmico

                IG is equivalent to GI (Glycemic Index) in English, GI (Glykemický index) in Czech, GI (Glykæmisk indeks) in Danish, GI (Glykämischer Index) in German, GI (Glükeemiline indeks) in Estonian, GI (Glykeeminen indeksi) in Finnish, ГИ (Гликемијски индекс) in Serbian, GI (Glisemik indeks) in Turkish.

                In Portuguese

                IGOR

                Institut für Gewebe- und Organrekonstruktion (www.igor.at)

                In German

                IGOST

                Interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Schmerztherapie

                In German

                IGR

                Institut Gustave-Roussy

                In French

                IHME

                Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (https://www.healthdata.org/)

                In English

                IHSR

                Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research

                In English

                IIAM

                International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine

                In English

                  IIBHG
                  Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics

                  IIBHG is equivalent to IIBHG (Institut za Imunobiologija i Humana Genetika) in Macedonian.

                  In English

                  IIBHG
                  Institut za Imunobiologija i Humana Genetika

                  IIBHG is equivalent to IIBHG (see above).

                  In Macedonian

                  IIPA

                  International Iridology Practitioners Association

                  In English

                  IIPA

                  Israeli International Pharmacy Association

                  In English

                  IJHy

                  International Journal of Hyperthermia

                  In English

                  IJIR

                  International Journal of Impotence Research

                  In English

                  IJNS

                  International Journal of Neural Systems

                  In English

                  IJOMS

                  International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

                  In English

                  IJRQS

                  International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

                  In English

                  IJT
                  Index Jisim Tubuh

                  IJT is equivalent to IMC (Indice de Masse Corporelle) in French, BMI (Body Mass Index) in English, BKİ (Bədən kütləsinin göstərici) in Turkish, KMI (Keapa-Moss-Index) in Austro-Bavarian, IMC (Índex de Massa Corporal) in Catalan, ΔΜΣ (Δείκτης μάζας σώματος) in Greek, KMI (Korpomasa Indico) in Esperanto, IMC (Índice de Masa Corporal) in Spanish, KMI (Kehamassiindeks) in Estonian, IMC (Índice de Masa Corporal) in Galician, IMC (Indice di Massa Corporea) in Italian, KMI (Kūno Masės Indeksas) in Lithuanian, IMC (Índice de Massa Corporal) in Portuguese, ИМТ (Индекс массы тела) in Russian, VKİ (Vücut Kitle İndeksi) in Turkish.

                  In Malay

                  IJTS

                  International Journal of Tomography and Statistics

                  In English

                  IKDC

                  International Knee Documentation Committee

                  In English

                  ILAE

                  International Ligue Against Epilepsy (www.ilae.org)

                  In English

                  ILAR

                  Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/)

                  In English

                  ILI

                  Influenza-Like Illness

                  In English

                  ILM

                  Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Molekulare Diagnostik

                  In German

                  ILM

                  Institut Louis Malardé

                  In French

                    ILSSM

                    Israeli Society for Sexual Medicine

                    In English

                    IM3

                    Institut Mondor de Médecine Moléculaire

                    In French

                    IMA

                    Interdisciplinary Medical Association

                    In English

                    IMA

                    International Medical Association

                    In English

                    IMAI

                    Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness

                    In English

                    IMASSA

                    Institut de Médecine Aérospatiale - Service de Santé des Armées

                    In French

                    IMBLMS

                    Integrated Medical/Behavioral Laboratory Measurement

                    In English

                      IMC
                      Indice de Masse Corporelle

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In French

                      IMC
                      Índex de Massa Corporal

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In Catalan

                      IMC
                      Índice de Masa Corporal

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In Spanish

                      IMC
                      Índice de Masa Corporal

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In Galician

                      IMC
                      Indice di Massa Corporea

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In Italian

                      IMC
                      Índice de Massa Corporal

                      IMC is equivalent to IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above).

                      In Portuguese

                      IMCHC

                      Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition

                      In English

                      IMD

                      Immune Mediated Disease

                      In English

                      IMG

                      Interruption Médicale de Grossesse

                      In French

                      IMI

                      Innovative Medicines Initiative

                      In English

                        IMP

                        Institute of Molecular Pathology

                        In English

                        IMR
                        Infant Mortality Rate

                        IMR is equivalent to AKB (Angka Kematian Bayi) in Indonesian, TMI (Taxa de Mortalidade Infantil) in Portuguese, TMI (Taux de Mortalité Infantile) in French, TMI (Taxa de Mortalitat Infantil) in Catalan, TMI (Tasas de Mortalidad Infantil ) in Spanish, TMI (Tasso di Mortalità Infantile) in Italian.

                        In English

                        IMRSA

                        International Medical Regulatory and Shipping Association

                        In English

                        IMSI

                        Intracytoplasmic Magnified Sperm Injection

                        In English

                        IMSS

                        In-Flight Medical Supply System

                        In English

                        IMST

                        High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training

                        In English

                        IMT
                        Intima Media Thickness

                        IMT is equivalent to EIM (Espace Intima Média) in French.

                        In English

                        IMT
                        Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (www.itg.be)

                        IMT is equivalent to ITG (Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Antwerpen) in Dutch, ITM (Institut de Médecine Tropicale d'Anvers) in French.

                        In English

                        IMT

                        Inspiratory Muscle Training

                        In English

                        IN

                        Istituto di Neuroscienze

                        In Italian

                        IN

                        Infection Nosocomiale

                        In French

                        INAF

                        Institut des Nutraceutiques et des Aliments Fonctionnels

                        In French

                        INAF

                        Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred-Fessard

                        In French

                        INAHTA
                        International Network of Health Technology Assessment

                        The abbreviation INAHTA (International Network of Health Technology Assessment) includes the abbreviation HTA (Health Technology Assessment).

                        In English

                        INAMI
                        Institut National d'Assurance Maladie-Invalidité (www.riziv.fgov.be)

                        INAMI is equivalent to RIZIV (Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering) in Dutch.

                        In French

                        INB

                        Institut des Neurosciences de Bordeaux

                        In French

                        INCA

                        Institut National du Cancer (https://www.e-cancer.fr/)

                        In French

                        IND

                        Investigational New Drug

                        In English

                        IND

                        Investigational New Drug (application)

                        In English

                        INDANA

                        Individual Data Analysis of Antihypertensive Drug Interventions

                        In English

                        INERIS

                        Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (www.ineris.fr)

                        In French

                        INJENO

                        INitiatives de parents de Jeunes Épileptiques du Nord

                        In French

                        INN
                        International Nonproprietary Name

                        INN is equivalent to DCI (Dénomination Commune Internationale) in French, DCI (Denominación Común Internacional) in Spanish, DCI (Denominazione Comune Internazionale) in Italian, МНН (Международное непатентованное название) in Russian.

                        In English

                        INPES

                        Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé (www.inpes.sante.fr)

                        In French

                        INPMA

                        Institut National des Plantes Médicinales et Aromatiques

                        In English

                        INSERM

                        Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

                        In French

                          INSERR

                          Institut National de Sécurité Routière et de Recherche

                          In French

                          INSPQ

                          Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec

                          In French

                          INVS

                          Institut National de Veille Sanitaire

                          In French

                            IOHA
                            Integrated Operating Hazard Analysis

                            The abbreviation IOHA (Integrated Operating Hazard Analysis) includes the abbreviation HA (Hazard Analysis).

                            In English

                            IOT

                            Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia

                            In Portuguese

                            IOT

                            Intubation Orotrachéale

                            In French

                              IPA

                              Independent Practice Association

                              In English

                              IPATIMUP

                              Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto

                              In Portuguese

                              IPBS

                              Isotopes in the Physical and Biomedical Sciences

                              In English

                              IPCAA

                              International Pharmaceutical Congress Advisory Association

                              In English

                              IPFA

                              International Plasma Fractionation Association

                              In English

                              IPH

                              Institute of Public Health

                              In English

                              IPL

                              Institut Pasteur de Lille (www.pasteur-lille.fr)

                              In French

                              IPM

                              Internet et Pédagogie Médicale

                              In French

                              IPP

                              Incapacité Permanente Partielle

                              In French

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