What is the meaning of the PCV medical abbreviation?
There may be more than one meaning of PCV. However, what does the medical term PCV stand for?
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What is the PCV medical abbreviation?
In the science & medicine, the meaning of the medical abbreviation PCV is pneumococcal vaccine; packed cell volume.
PCV: pneumococcal vaccine; packed cell volume
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| AMA | Against Medical Advice; American Medical Association |
| APPY | Appendectomy |
| CD4 | helper T lymphocytes |
| CDE | Complete dental (oral) evaluation. |
| CNO | Chief Nursing Officer |
| CUC | chronic ulcerative colitis |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid; does not apply |
| DOS | date of service |
| DTAD | drain tube attachment device |
| ENDO | endoscop(y/ic) |
| EOG | electrooculogram |
| ETCO2 | end-tidal carbon dioxide |
| EVAR | endovascular aneurysm repair |
| FCB | fibrocystic breast |
| FEM-POP | femoral-popliteal |
| GF | grandfather; glomerular filtrate |
| HAIR-AN | hyperandrogenism (HA), insulin resistance (IR) and acanthosis nigricans (AN) |
| HPI | History of Present Illness |
| HPN | hypertension |
| IBC | iron binding capacity |
| IOV | initial office visit |
| IP | Inter-Phalangeal |
| IPF | Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| IPPB | intermittent positive pressure breathing |
| LEP | laparoscopic extraperitoneal approach; limited English proficiency |
| LR | Lactated Ringers |
| Mn | Manganese (element) |
| NBTNF/M | newborn, term, normal, female/male |
| OE | Otitis Externa |
| PICU | Pediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| PPM | planned preventive maintenance; permanent pacemaker |
| PSO | patient services office |
| R/L | right to left |
| RF | Rheumatoid Factor; also Risk Factor |
| RID | radial immunodiffusion |
| RS | remitting seronegative; respiratory system; Reiter’s syndrome |
| RSC | right subclavian |
| RVEF | right ventricular ejection factor |
| TKA | Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| TKO | to keep open (intravenous) |
| TPI | treponema pallidum immobilization (syphilis test); trigger point injection |
| UPEP | Urine Protein Electro-Pheresis |
| eGFR | estimated glomerular filtration rate [case sensitive] |
| esp | especially |
| garg | gargle |
| kU/L | kilounit per liter (allergy testing) |
| max | maxilla, maxillary; maximum |
| noct. | in the night (nocte) |
| psi | per square inch (pounds) |
| qod | Every other day. As in taking a medicine every other day. |
