What does the medical abbreviation H&N mean?
In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of H&N. However, what does the medical term H&N stand for?
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What does H&N medical abbreviation mean?
In science & medicine, the meaning of the H&N medical abbreviation is head and neck.
H&N: head and neck
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| CEN | Certified Emergency Nurse |
| COH | carbohydrate; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation |
| D/B | date of birth |
| DC | Discharge; Discontinue; Doctor of Chiropractics |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy |
| DIPJ | distal interphalangeal joint |
| DISIDA | diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid (cholescintigraphy) |
| Diff | differential |
| Dz | disease |
| EPI | echo planar imaging; epidemiology or epidemiologist |
| ESBL | extended-spectrum beta laminase |
| ETT | Exercise Tolerance Test; also Endotracheal Tube |
| FRC | Functional Residual Capacity |
| GMC | general medical council |
| HI | Homicidal Ideation |
| IBC | iron binding capacity |
| JT | Joint. |
| KB | ketone bodies; knee brace |
| LASIK | laser assisted in situ keratomileusis |
| LD50 | lethal dose at which 50% of animal test group dies |
| LVG | left ventriculogram |
| MCD | multiple carboxylase deficiency |
| MSI | magnetic source imaging; microsatellite instability |
| N&V | nausea and vomiting |
| NSV | non-specific vaginitis |
| OTC | Over The Counter |
| PAOP | pulmonary artery occlusion pressure |
| PCS | procedure coding system |
| PCT | proximal convoluted tubule; patient care technician; photochemical treatment |
| PKR | partial knee replacement; photorefractive keratotomy |
| R/L | right to left |
| RSC | right subclavian |
| SA | Sino-Atrial; Staph Aureus |
| SCLE | subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus |
| TIS | tumor in situ |
| TNT | trinitrotoluene |
| WNV | West Nile Virus |
| cath | cathartic; catheter(ization) |
| dB | decibel (measurement of sound volume) |
| dep | dependent |
| ft | foot, feet (0.3048 meter) |
| kDNA | kinetoplast DNA |
| nDNA | native DNA |
| omn. hor. | every hour |
| ref | refuse(d); referral/refer |
| s/w | somewhat |
| seq | sequence |
| supp | suppository |
| ut | uterus |
| vit | vitamin |
