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qhs, h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom) oculus dexter omne in die o.s., os, OS left eye: oculus sinister o.u., ou, OU both eyes: oculus uterque ...
o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.s.", meaning left ear o.u. oculus uterque: both eyes o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.u.", meaning both ears oz ounce p. perstetur: continue part. æq. partes æquales: equal parts per: per: by or through p.c. post cibum: after meals p.c.h.s., pc&hs post cibum et hora somni: after meals ...
hs: hours of sleep H→S: heel-to-shin test HSC: human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: HSG: hysterosalpingogram: HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: HSM: hepatosplenomegaly: HSP: Henoch–Schönlein purpura: HSV: herpes simplex virus: HT: hypertension ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
hs, medical abbreviation for "hours of sleep" h.s. , medical abbreviation for the Latin phrase hora somni ("at bedtime") Hereditary spherocytosis , a genetic disorder marked by hemolytic anemia
Family medical history FOH: Family ocular history F/U: Follow up appointment GH: General health G(M)P: General (medical) practitioner HA: Headaches HARC: Harmonious abnormal retinal correspondence HM: Hand motion vision – state distance Hx: History IOL: Intra-ocular lens IOP: Intra-ocular pressure ISNT: Inferior, Superior, Nasal, Temporal
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The Hs and Ts is a mnemonic used to aid in remembering the possible reversible causes of cardiac arrest. [1] A variety of disease processes can lead to a cardiac arrest; however, they usually boil down to one or more of the "Hs and Ts".