What is PM medical abbreviation?

What is PM in medical terms?

In some cases, the abbreviation PM may have a few different meanings. However, what does the medical term PM stand for?

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What does PM medical abbreviation mean?

In medicine, the medical abbreviation PM means afternoon/evening (post meridian); polymyositis; postmortem.

PM: afternoon/evening (post meridian); polymyositis; postmortem

AF	Atrial Fibrillation; Afebrile
AK	Actinic Keratosis
BBT	basal body temperature
BSS	balanced salt solution
CACT	carnitine acylcarnitine translocase (deficiency)
CAF	cytoxan, adriamycin, fluorouracil
CD-ROM	compact disc read-only memory
CIS	carcinoma in situ
CUm	cubic micron
DXM	dextromethorphan
EBA	epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
EXT	Extremities
FDP	flexor digitorum profundus; fibrin degradation products
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
FU	follow-up
Ft.	make (fiat)
GDM	gestational diabetes mellitus
Ga	Gallium (element)
H2	Histamine 2
HIA	health impact assessment
IND	investigational new drug
LSB	left sternal border
LT	Light Touch
MRSA	Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus
NGF	nerve growth factor
NIBP	non-invasive blood pressure
OD	Right Eye
OGD	oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
OM	Otitis Media
PASP	pulmonary artery systolic pressure
PIE	plan, intervention, evaluation
POC	plan of care; point of contact; proof of concept
PP	Pin Prick
PPH	Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
PTL	pre-term labor
RFA	Radio Frequency Ablation; Right Femoral Artery
RXT	exotropia (right)
Sig.	write on label (signa)
TMN	Tumor Metastases Nodes (universal tumor staging system)
TTOM	to take out medicine
VAERS	Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
WH	well-hydrated
a.c.	Before meals. As in taking a medicine before meals.
cm2	square centimeter
dep	dependent
diph	diphtheria
fps	foot-pound-second
h/o	history of
pg	picogram (one trillionth of a gram)
subcut	subcutaneous(ly)
wm	white male