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  • Medicine

    Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.

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    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    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

          In English

          HTA
          Hypertension artérielle

          = АГ | Артериальная гипертензия | In Russian

          In French

          HTAP
          Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar

          = 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

          = PAH, PH, PHT, HAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)

          In French

          HTAi

          Health Technology Assessment international

          In English

          HTE

          Hazardous Top-Level Event

          In English

          HTN

          High Blood Pressure

          In English

          HTP
          Hipertensión Pulmonar

          = HTAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HAP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)

          In Spanish

          HTP
          Hipertensión Pulmonar

          = 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

          = 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

          = SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above)

          In German

          HUS
          Hemolytisk uremisk syndrom

          = SUH, SHU, ХУС, HÜS (see above)

          In Nynorsk

          HUS
          Hemolytisk-uremisk syndrom

          = 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

          = 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

          = 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 | 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 (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

            = 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)

            = 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)

            = CICR, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above)

            In Korean

            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

            = 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/)

            = 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

              = 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 | Institut za Imunobiologija i Humana Genetika | In Macedonian

                In English

                IIBHG
                Institut za Imunobiologija i Humana Genetika

                = 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

                = 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

                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

                    = IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above)

                    In French

                    IMC
                    Índex de Massa Corporal

                    = IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above)

                    In Catalan

                    IMC
                    Índice de Masa Corporal

                    = IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above)

                    In Spanish

                    IMC
                    Índice de Masa Corporal

                    = IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above)

                    In Galician

                    IMC
                    Indice di Massa Corporea

                    = IJT, BMI, BKİ, KMI, ΔΜΣ, ИМТ, VKİ (see above)

                    In Italian

                    IMC
                    Índice de Massa Corporal

                    = 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

                      = 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

                      = EIM | Espace Intima Média | In French

                      In English

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

                      = 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

                      In English

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

                      = 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

                      = 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

                            IPP

                            identifiant Permanent Patient

                            In French

                            IPPS

                            International Pelvic Pain Society

                            In English

                            IPPS

                            Internationaler-Prostate-Symptom-Score

                            In German

                            IPS

                            Ingénieur Prévention Sécurité

                            In French

                            IPT

                            Incapacité Permanente Totale

                            In French

                            IPTA

                            Intractable Pain Treatment Act

                            In English

                            IPTM

                            Institut des Professions Techniques et Médicales (www.iptm.ma)

                            In French

                            IQ

                            Intellectual Quotient

                            In English

                            IRA

                            Insuffisance Rénale Aiguë

                            In French

                            IRA

                            Infection Respiratoire Aiguë

                            In French

                            IRAB

                            Infection Respiratoires Aiguë Basse

                            In French

                            IRB
                            Institutional Review Board

                            The abbreviation IRB (Institutional Review Board) is included in the abbreviation HSIRB (Health Sciences Institutional Review Board), and it includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

                            In English

                            IRC

                            Insufisance Rénale Chronique

                            In French

                            IRCAD

                            Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif (https://www.ircad.fr/)

                            In French

                            IRESP

                            Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique

                            In French

                            IRM
                            Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique

                            = MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imagery | In English

                            In French

                            IRSC
                            Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (www.cihr.ca)

                            = CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | In English

                            In French

                            IRSST

                            Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et sécurité du travail (https://www.irsst.qc.ca)

                            In French

                            IRT

                            Insuffisance Rénale Terminale

                            In French

                            IS

                            Intervention de Sécurité

                            In French

                            ISC

                            Institut des Sciences Cognitives

                            In French

                            ISDP

                            International Society of Dermatopathology (www.intsocdermpath.org)

                            In English

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