What does the medical term h/o mean?
In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of h/o. However, what is the medical abbreviation h/o?
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What is the h/o medical abbreviation?
In science & medicine, the h/o medical abbreviation is the meaning of history of.
h/o: history of
Related Medical Abbreviations
| A/P | Assessment and Plan |
| BCNSP | Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist |
| BF | breast feed(ing); boyfriend |
| DPAP | diastolic pulmonary artery pressure |
| ECL | electrochemiluminescence |
| ET-1 | endothelin-1 |
| GOO | Gastric Outlet Obstruction |
| HAART | Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy |
| HBV | hepatitis B vaccine; hepatitis B virus |
| HCA | health care assistant |
| HCO3 | bicarbonate |
| IBM | inclusion body myositis |
| IFR | infection fatality ratio; instrument flight rules |
| L/Min L/m | liters per minute |
| LGL | large granular lymphocyte; Lown Ganong Levine syndrome |
| LL | left lateral |
| LOMSCH | left otitis media, suppurative, chronic |
| LUD | left uterine displacement |
| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin; maternal and child health |
| MMPI | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory |
| MMR | Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine |
| NIHSS | National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale |
| NS | Normal Saline |
| OPHEP | Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (HHS) |
| Oph | ophthalmology |
| PLIF | posterior lumbar interbody fusion |
| PR/R | per rectum/rectal |
| PRBCs | Packed Red Blood Cells |
| PSD | patient specific direction |
| RATx | radiation therapy |
| RV | Right Ventricle; Residual Volume |
| SB | spina bifida; small bowel; sinus bradycardia |
| SGOT | serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
| SWI | surgical wound infection |
| TKA | Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| UCC | Urgent Care Center |
| VD | venereal disease |
| VIP | Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide |
| Vsl | vessel |
| a/g ratio | Albumin to globulin ratio. |
| ddC | zalcitabine |
| dissd | dissolved |
| etc. | etcetera, and so on |
| incompl | incomplete |
| mOsm | milliosmole |
| pa | placenta abruption |
| q.i.d. | Four times daily. As in taking a medicine four times daily. |
| unilat. | unilateral |
| ur | urine |
| vis | vision |
