Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Medicine’
Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- PD
-
Parkinson’s Disease
- PD
-
Periodontal Probing Depth
- PD
-
Probing Depth
- PDR
-
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
- PDSA
-
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
- PE
-
Préjudice Esthétique
- PE
-
Perturbateur Endocrinien
- PEAG
-
Pustulose Exanthématique Aiguë Généralisée
PEAG is equivalent to AGEP (Acute Generalised Exanthematous Pustulosis) in English.
- PEB
-
Plan d’Exposition au Bruit
- PEP
-
Postexpositionelle Prophylaxe
- PER
-
Plan d’Exposition aux Risques
- PEV
-
Programme Élargi de Vaccination
- PFA
-
Paralysie flasque aiguë
- PFA
-
Probability of False Alarm
The abbreviation PFA (Probability of False Alarm) includes the abbreviation FA (False Alarm).
- PFC
-
Plasma Frais Congelé
- PFS
-
Progression-Free Survival
- PG
-
Pregnant
- PGD
-
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
- PGGM
-
Pensioenfonds voor de Gezondheid, Geestelijke en Maatschappelijke belangen
- PGZ
-
Preventieve Gezondheidszorg
- PH
-
Personal Hygiene
- PH
-
Pulmonale Hypertonie
PH is equivalent to PAH (Pulmonalarterielle Hypertonie) in German, PHT (Pulmonale Hypertonie) in German, HAP (Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar) in Catalan, HTAP (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, and PH (Pulmoner Hipertansiyon) in Turkish.
- PH
-
Pulmonary Hypertension
PH is equivalent to PAH, PHT, HAP, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ and ԹՀ (see above).
- PH
-
Pulmonale Hypertensie
PH is equivalent to PAH, PHT, HAP, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ and ԹՀ (see above).
- PH
-
Plućna Hipertenzija
PH is equivalent to PAH, PHT, HAP, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ and ԹՀ (see above).
- PH
-
Pulmoner Hipertansiyon
PH is equivalent to PAH, PHT, HAP, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ and ԹՀ (see above).
- PHA
-
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
The abbreviation PHA (Preliminary Hazard Analysis) includes the abbreviation HA (Hazard Analysis).
- PHA
-
Produit Hydro-Alcoolique
- PHC
-
Pharmaceutics
- PHDP
-
PAHOU Health Development Project
- PHF
-
Personal Hygiene Facility
- PHK
-
Personal Hygiene Kit
- PHM
-
Pharmacy
- PHMSA
-
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/)
- PHRC
-
Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique
- PHSF
-
Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility
- PHT
-
Pulmonale Hypertonie
PHT is equivalent to PH, PAH, HAP, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ and ԹՀ (see above).
- PI
-
Primary Infertility
- PI
-
Poteau Incendie
- PI
-
Plaque Index
- PIA
-
Pristane-Induced Arthritis
- PID
-
Präimplantationsdiagnostik
- PID
-
Pelvic Imflammatory Disease
- PIF
-
Péritonite Infectieuse Féline
- PIGO
-
Phenytoin-Induced Gingival Overgrowth
- PIHKAL
-
Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved
- PIN
-
Patient Identity Number
- PIO
-
Pression Intra-Oculaire
- PKN
-
Psychotherapeutenkammer Niedersachsen
- PL
-
Ponction Lombaire
- PLD
-
Partial Lipodistrophy
- PLEU
-
Plan Local d’Évacuation d'Urgence
- PLM
-
Physiopathologie des Lipides et Membranes
- PLS
-
Position Latérale de Sécurité
- PLSS
-
Portable Life Support System
The abbreviation PLSS (Portable Life Support System) includes abbreviations LSS (Life Support System) and SS (Support System).
- PMA
-
Programa Mundial d'Alimentos
PMA is equivalent to PAM (Programme Alimentaire Mondial) in French, WFP (World Food Programme) in English, WFP (세계 식량 계획) in Korean, WFP (მსოფლიო სასურსათო საბჭო) in Georgian, WFP (国際連合世界食糧計画) in Japanese, PAM (Programma Alimentare Mondiale) in Italian, and PMA (Programa Mundial de Alimentos) in Spanish.
- PMA
-
Poste Medical Avancé
- PMAWS
-
Passive Missile Approach Warning System
The abbreviation PMAWS (Passive Missile Approach Warning System) includes the abbreviation MAWS (Missile Approach Warning System).
- PMB
-
Physics in Medicine and Biology
- PMC
-
PubMed Central (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov)
- PMF
-
Plasma Master File
- PML
-
Progressive Multifokale Leukoenzephalopathie
- PML
-
Promyelocytic Leukaemia
- PMR
-
Personne à Mobilité Réduite
- PMRP
-
Progress in Medical Radiation Physics
- PMSI
-
Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d’Information
- PMU
-
Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität
- PNCS
-
Programme National de Cantines Scolaires
- PND
-
Pränatale Diagnostik
- PNEAT
-
Programme National Efflorescences Alguales Toxiques
- PNEM
-
Programme National d'Écotoxicologie Marine
- PNH
-
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- PNH
-
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria
- PNNS
-
Programme National Nutrition Santé
- PNRC
-
Programme National de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires
- PNRD
-
Programme National de Recherche sur le Diabète
- POCHEP
-
Poste Communautaire d'Hygiène et d'Eau Potable
- POE
-
Postinitieel masteronderwijs Epidemiologie
- POLICE
-
Protection, Optimal Loading, Ice, Compression, Elevation
- PP
-
Patient Partenaire
- PPG
-
Plan de Prévention Global
- PPI
-
Plan de Prévention Individuel
- PPMS
-
Plan Particulier de Mise en Sûreté
- PPMU
-
Plan Provincial Médical d’Urgence
- PPPC
-
Professional and Public Policy Committee
The Public and Professional Policy Committee (PPPC) is an interdisciplinary committee of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) constituted in order to identify and discuss the ethical, social and policy issues related to human genetics and its application in research, clinical practice and laboratory genetic services.
- PPR
-
Plan de Prévention des Risques
- PPR
-
Panphotocoagulation rétinienne
- PPWCP
-
Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program
- PRAC
-
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee
- PRC
-
Pharmacotherapy Research Center
- PRE
-
Personal Rescue Enclosure
- PRESENCCIA
-
Presence & Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, NeuroScience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications
- PRIM
-
Prévention des RIsques Majeurs
- PRIM&R
-
Public Responsibility In Medicine and Research
- PRISM
-
Process Industries Safety Management
- PRL
-
Preferred Retinal Locus
- PRM
-
Point de Regroupement des Moyens
- PRO
-
Point de Réhydratation Orale
PRO is equivalent to ORP (Oral Rehydration Point) in English.
- PRS
-
Personal Rescue System
- PRS
-
Personnel Rescue Service
- PRS
-
Primary Rescue Site
- PRV
-
Point de Regroupement des Victimes
- PS
-
Probability of Survival
- PSA
-
Presleep Activity
- PSA
-
Probabilistic Safety Assessment
- PSC1
-
Prévention et Secours Civiques de niveau 1
- PSDE
-
Philippine Society of Digestive Endoscopy (https://psde.org.ph/)
- PSDE
-
Programme de Soins Dentaires pour Enfants
- PSEBM
-
Proceedings of The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
- PSL
-
Produit Sanguin Labile
- PSMI
-
Patch Slice Microincubator
- PSO
-
Pasaulio sveikatos organizacija
PSO is equivalent to MOS (Monda Organiz(aĵ)o pri Sano) in Esperanto, WHO (World Health Organization) in English, OMS (Organisation Mondiale de la Santé) in French, OMS (Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità) in Italian, WGO (Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie) in Afrikaans, OMS (Organización Mundial de la Salú) in Asturian, СЗО (Световната здравна огранизация) in Bulgarian, SZO (Světová zdravotnická organizace) in Czech, OMS (Organització Mundial de la Salut) in Catalan, OMS (Organización Mundial de la Salud) in Spanish, MTO (Maailma Terviseorganisatsioon) in Estonian, MOE (Munduko Osasun Erakundea) in Basque, OMS (Organisacion mondiâla de la sandât) in Franco-Provençal, OMS (Organización Mundial da Saúde) in Galician, SZO (Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija) in Croatian, RTD (Rêxistina Tendurustiyê ya Dinyayê) in Kurdish, UMS (Urganizazziun mundiala da la Santaa) in Lombard, PVO (Pasaules veselības organizācija) in Latvian, and ÜST (Ümumdünya Səhiyyə Təşkilatı) in Azerbaijani.
- PSO
-
Pad Safety Officer
- PSPH
-
Participant au Service Public Hospitalier
- PSR
-
Payload Safety Review
The abbreviation PSR (Payload Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).
- PSR
-
Production Safety Review
The abbreviation PSR (Production Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).
- PSR
-
Project Safety Review
The abbreviation PSR (Project Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).
- PSS
-
Pad Safety Supervisor
- PSS
-
Portable Survival Shelter
- PSSM
-
Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
- PT
-
Physical Therapy
- PTC
-
Plasma Thromboplastin Component
- PTCA
-
Percutaneous Coronary Transluminal Angioplasty
- PTENS
-
Physical Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition Science
- PTI
-
Purpura Thrombopénique Idiopathique
- PTP
-
Previously Treated Patient
- PTT
-
Purpura Thrombotique Thrombocytopénique
- PUI
-
Plan d’Urgence Interne
- PUP
-
Previously Untreated Patient
- PV
-
Polyglobulie de Vaquez
- PVA
-
Plasma Viro-Atténué
- PVL
-
Periventrikuläre Leukomalazie
PVL is equivalent to PVL (Periventricular Leukomalacia) in English, PVL (Periventriculaire Leukomalacie) in Dutch, and LMPV (Leucomalacie périventriculaire) in French.
- PVL
-
Periventricular Leukomalacia
PVL is equivalent to LMPV (see above).
- PVL
-
Periventriculaire Leukomalacie
PVL is equivalent to LMPV (see above).
- PVO
-
Pasaules veselības organizācija
PVO is equivalent to PSO, MOS, WHO, OMS, WGO, СЗО, SZO, MTO, MOE, RTD, UMS and ÜST (see above).
- PhyCP
-
Physiological Chemistry and Physics
- PhyM
-
Physiological Measurement
- PhylS
-
Physiologist Supplement
- PiCT
-
Prothrombinase-induced Clotting Time
- PrPc
-
Protéine Prion cellulaire
- QALY
-
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
- QD
-
Quantum Doloris
- QFB
-
Químico Farmacobiología
- QİÇS
-
Qazanılmış İmmun Çatışmazlığı Sindromu
QİÇS is equivalent to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in English, SIDA (Syndrome d'Immuno-Déficience Acquise) in French, VIGS (Verworwe Immuniteitsgebreksindroom) in Afrikaans, SIDA (Síndrome de Inmuno-Deficiencia Adquirida) in Occitan, SIDA (Sindromo di Imuno-Defekteso Aquirita) in Ido, AIDS (Akirita Imuno-Deficita Simptomaro) in Esperanto, SIDA (Sindrome d'inmunodefizienzia aquirita) in Aragonese, СПИН (Синдром на придобитата имунна недостатъчност) in Bulgarian, SIDA (Síndrome d'Immunodeficiència Adquirida) in Catalan, HIES (Hartutako Immuno Eskasiaren Sindromea) in Basque, SIDA (Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida) in Spanish, SEIF (Siondróm Easpa Imdhíonachta Faighte) in Irish, AIDS (Annlochd Inneamh Dìon-Slàinte) in Scottish Gaelic, ՁԻԱՀ (Ձեռքբերովի Իմունային Անբավարվածության Համախտանիշ) in Armenian, SCDI (Syndromis Comparatis Defectu Immunitatis) in Latin, 에이즈 (후천성 면역 결핍 증후군) in Korean, შიდსი (შეძენილი იმუნური დეფიციტის სინდრომი) in Georgian, СИДА (Синдромот на стекнат имунолошки дефицит) in Macedonian, СИДА (синдром стеченог имунолошког дефицита) in Serbian, AIDS (Akvirírani imúnski deficítni sindróm) in Slovenian, СПИД (Синдром приобретённого иммунного дефицита) in Russian, SIDA (Sindromul Imunodeficienţei Autodobândite) in Romanian, UHCW (Unquy hark'aypa chaskisqa waqlliynin) in Quechuan languages, SIDA (Síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida) in Portuguese, AIDS (Hội chứng Suy giảm Miễn dịch Mắc phải) in Vietnamese, СНІД (Cиндром набутого імунодефіциту) in Ukrainian, AIDS (Alınğan İmmun Defisit Síndromı) in Tatar, and UKIMWI (Upungufu wa Kinga Mwilini) in Swahili.
- R&S
-
Reliability and Safety
- RA
-
Rheumatoide Arthritis
- RAAS
-
Renine, Angiotensine, Aldosteron Systeem
- RACES
-
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
- RAISIN
-
Réseau d'Alerte, d'Investigation et de Surveillance des Infections Nosocomiales
- RAMC
-
Régime Canadien d’Accès aux Médicaments
RAMC is equivalent to CAMR (Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime) in English.
- RAQPA
-
Résidence d’Accueil de Quartier pour Personnes Agées
- RARE
-
Réseau de recherche et d'innovation technologique 'Alimentation Référence Europe'
- RASMUS
-
Remote Accessible Software configurable Multi-channel Ultrasound Sampling system
- RASRO
-
Rescue At Sea Resettlement Offer
- RBC
-
Red Blood Cells
- RBE
-
Relative Biological Effectiveness
- RBF
-
Regional Blood Flow
- RC
-
Root Coverage
- RCA
-
Responsabilité Civile Accident
- RCP
-
Réanimation cardiopulmonaire
- RCP
-
Résumé des Caractéristiques du Produit
RCP is equivalent to SPC (Summary of Product Characteristics) in English.
- RCP
-
RCP : Réanimation Cardio-Pulmonaire
- RCVS
-
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (www.rcvs.org.uk)
- RD
-
Rétinopathie Diabétique
- RD
-
Recession Depth
- RDA
-
Recommended Dietary Allowance
RDA is equivalent to .
- RDA
-
Recommended Daily Allowance
RDA is equivalent to ADH (Aanbevolen Dagelijkse Hoeveelheid) in Dutch, ADI (Acceptabel Daglig Indtagelse) in Danish, RDI (Rekommenderat Dagligt Intag) in Swedish, and ANC (Apports Nutritionnels Conseillés) in French.
- RDA
-
Relative Dentin Abrasivity
- RDI
-
Rekommenderat Dagligt Intag
RDI is equivalent to RDA, ADH, ADI and ANC (see above).
- RDM
-
Régime Dissocié Modifié
- RDS
-
Régime Dissocié Scandinave
- RE
-
Reproductive Endocrinologist
- REFLEX
-
Randomised Evaluation oF Long-term Efficacy rituXimab
- REM
-
Roentgen Equivalent Man
- RENAR
-
Asociația de Acreditare din România (https://www.renar.ro)
- RERC
-
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
- RESPECT
-
Route Empruntée en Sécurité par le Piéton Enfant Confronté au Trafic
- RESSAC
-
Recherches en radioécologie sur des Écosystèmes Soumis à des Situations Accidentelles Contrôlées
- RESSAC
-
Recherche Et Sauvetage par Système Autonome Coopérant
- RET
-
Risque Exceptionnel de Travail
- RF
-
Risk Factor
- RHIO
-
Regional Health Information Organization
- RHL
-
Residual Hazards List
- RIA
-
Research Institute on Addictions (www.ria.buffalo.edu)
- RIA
-
Robinet Incendie Armé
- RIAGG
-
Regionale Instelling voor Ambulante Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg
- RIAPS
-
Regionální Institut Ambulantních Psychosociálních Služeb (www.riaps.cz)
- RISCPT
-
Registre International des Substances Chimiques Potentiellement Toxiques
- RISHI
-
Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness
- RIVM
-
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (https://www.rivm.nl/)
- RIVM
-
Rijksinstituut voor Volkshygiene en Milieu
- RIZIV
-
Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (www.riziv.fgov.be)
RIZIV is equivalent to INAMI (Institut National d'Assurance Maladie-Invalidité) in French.
- RKI
-
Robert Koch-Institut
- RM
-
Rescue Module
- RM/AS
-
Risk Management/Assessment System
- RMHI
-
Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute
- RMN
-
Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire
RMN is equivalent to NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) in English, RMN (Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) in Catalan, RMN (Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare) in Italian, תמ"ג (תהודה מגנטית גרעינית) in Hebrew, ЯМР (Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса) in Russian, and НМР (Нуклеарна магнетна резонанција) in Serbian.
- RMN
-
Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear
RMN is equivalent to NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР and НМР (see above).
- RMN
-
Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare
RMN is equivalent to NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР and НМР (see above).
- RMP
-
Risk Management Plan