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
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| 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 |