What is the medical abbreviation pts?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation pts. However, what does the abbreviation pts stand for in medical terms?
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What does pts medical abbreviation mean?
In science & medicine, the meaning of the pts medical abbreviation is patient, patients.
pts: patient, patients
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