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NPO

NPO Stands For : National Programme Office | This term appears in several lists of British medical abbreviations | Nil Per Os (Nothing By Mouth) | Nil Per Os (Nothing By Mouth)

NPSA

NPSA Stands For : National Patient Safety Agency

NPT

NPT Stands For : nasal provocation test | near patient testing | neomycin phosphotransferase | Neuropsychiatry Technician | nocturnal penile tumescence | nonpyramidal tract | near-patient testing | Normal pressure and temperature

NQR

NQR Stands For : NADH-quinone reductase | national quality requirement

NR

NR Stands For : nasal (airflow) resistance | natural resistance | natural rubber | nearest relative | nephrogenic rests | neuroleptic responsive | nitrate reductase | nitrogen retention | NMDA receptor | no radiation | no recurrence | no refill | no respiration | non-reactive | non-reducing | non-resistance | non-response | normal response | nuclear receptor | nuclease resistant | nutrient restriction | no reaction | Nerve Root | No Reaction | No Response | Normal Range | Not Remarkable | Not Responsive | Nutritional Requirement | not refillable

NRE

NRE Stands For : negative regulatory element | non-recurring expenditure | norepinephrine

NRF

NRF Stands For : negative regulatory factor | Neurosciences Research Foundation

NRL

NRL Stands For : National Reference Laboratories | nucleosome repeat length | nucleus reticularis lateralis

NRLS

NRLS Stands For : National Radiological Protection Board

NRR

NRR Stands For : nasal respiratory resistance | net reproduction rate | Nuclear Receptor Resource | National Research Register | UK National Research Register | No Recognizeable Response | Noise Reduction Rating

NRT

NRT Stands For : nucleus reticularis | Natural Recovery Therapy | Neural Response Telemetry | Nicotine Replacement Therapy

NSCA

NSCA Stands For : National Sentinel Clinical Audit | National Subacute Care Association

NSCG

NSCG Stands For : National Specialised Commissioning Group

NSFOP

NSFOP Stands For : National Service Framework for Older People

NSS

NSS Stands For : National Services Scotland | nephron-sparing surgery | neurologic severity score | nutrition support services | Normal Saline Solution | Normal Size and Shape

NSU

NSU Stands For : Neurosurgical unit | Nonspecific urethritis | Non Specific Urethritis

NTN

NTN Stands For : National Training Number | nephrotoxic nephritis | Number Treated Needlessly

NTN bottleneck XX

NTN bottleneck XX Stands For : National Training Number bottleneck (NTN bottleneck)

NTNCWS

NTNCWS Stands For : nontransient noncommunity water systems

NTTRL

NTTRL Stands For : National Tissue Typing Reference Laboratory

NUG

NUG Stands For : National Users Group | necrotising ulcerative gingivitis | Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

NVP

NVP Stands For : N-vinyl pyrrolidone | nausea and vomiting in pregnancy | newly vulnerable person | Nevirapine | Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy

NWL sector

NWL sector Stands For : North West London sector

NwSI

NwSI Stands For : nurse with special interest

NWTFS

NWTFS Stands For : North West Thames Foundation School

NWW

NWW Stands For : Abbreviation for: NHS Wide Web

NYCDoHMH

NYCDoHMH Stands For : New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (!)

OA

OA Stands For : obstructive apnoea | occipital artery | occiput anterior | odontoameloblastoma | oesophageal atresia | oleic acid | oligoastrocytoma | open appointment | ophthalmic artery | option appraisal | organic anion | orotic acid | ovarian artery | oxalic acid | old age | Osteo-arthritis | osteoarthritis | Ocular Albinism | Optical Axis | OsteoArthritis | Osteoarthritis

OAT

OAT Stands For : O-acetyltransferase | Object Alternation Test | oligoasthenoteratozoospermia | open artery trial | oral anticoagulation therapy | organic anion transporter | ornithine acetyltransferase | ornithine aminotransferase | osteoarticular tuberculosis | Out of Area Transfer | Out of Area Treatment(formerly ECR‰ÛÒextracontractual referral) | oxygen atom transfer | Occluded Artery Trial | Oral Appliace Therapy

OBC

OBC Stands For : optimum bactericidal concentration

OBD

OBD Stands For : occupied bed day | opioid bowel dysfunction | organic brain disease

OBS

OBS Stands For : obliterative bronchiolitis syndrome | obstetric service | obstruction | obstructive bowel syndrome | obvious bullshit | oligoclonal bands | Observation | OBServer | OBStetrics | Organic Brain Syndrome

OCCO

OCCO Stands For : Office of the Chief Clinical Officer

OCMO

OCMO Stands For : Office of the Chief Medical Officer (Wales)

OCN

OCN Stands For : oculomotor nucleus | optically clear nuclei | osteocalcin

OCU

OCU Stands For : observation care unit | Occupational Command Unit

OD

OD Stands For : occupational dermatitis | oesophageal dysfunction | oligodendroglioma | Ollier disease | open drainage | operations directorate | organ dysfunction | organisational development | osteochondritis dissecans | right eye (oculus dexter) | OverDose | Oculus Dexter | RIGHT EYE (Lat ocularis dexter) | OverDose | Occupational Disease | Oculus Dexter (Right Eye) | Once Daily | Order Disorder | Ostrich Disorder | OverDose | Oxygen Demand | oculus dexter - right eye | omne in die - every day/once daily (preferred to qd in the UK[3]) | once daily

ODA

ODA Stands For : on day of admission | Operating Department Assistant | Orphan Drug Act | outer dynein arm | Overseas Development Agency | Overseas Doctors Agency | Overview | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture

ODP

ODP Stands For : ocular dominance plasticity | offspring of diabetic parents | Orderly Departure Programme | This term got 59 hits on 22102011

ODS

ODS Stands For : Office of Dietary Supplements | Organisation Data Service | Organisational Development Strategy | organised delivery system | Oxygen Depletion Sensor

ODS codes

ODS codes Stands For : Organisation Data Service codes

ODTS

ODTS Stands For : Overseas Doctors Training Scheme

OF

OF Stands For : open field | operating framework | orbitofrontal | organ failure | osmotic fragility | ossifying fibroma | oxidation fermentation | Obliquity factor; Output factor

OFFA

OFFA Stands For : Office for Fair Access

OH

OH Stands For : obese hypertensive | occipital horn | occupational health | open heart | oral hygiene | orthostatic hypotension | osteopathic hospital | Occupational history

OHS

OHS Stands For : occipital horn syndrome | Occupational Health Service | oral health section | oral hydration solution | ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome | Oxford Hip Score | Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome | Open Heart Surgery

OJEU

OJEU Stands For : Official Journal of the European Union

OKS

OKS Stands For : optokinetic simulation | Oxford Knee Score

OLM

OLM Stands For : ocular larva migrans | Oracle Learning Management | outer limiting membrane

OME

OME Stands For : Office Manpower Economics (London) | Office of Medical Examiner | otitis media with effusions | This term got 42 hits on 22102011 and is thus assumed to have been retired from active use

OMFU

OMFU Stands For : oral and maxillofacial unit

OMNI XX

OMNI XX Stands For : Organising Medical Networked Information

OMP

OMP Stands For : olfactory marker protein | omeprazole | Ophthalmic Medical Practitioner | Outer Membrane Protein

ONS

ONS Stands For : optical nerve sheath | optical nerves | Oncology Nursing Service | Other Nervous System

ONS format XX

ONS format XX Stands For : Office for National Statistics format

OOH

OOH Stands For : out of hospital

OOP

OOP Stands For : out of programme | Out Of Plaster

OOPC

OOPC Stands For : out of programme for career break

OOPE

OOPE Stands For : out of programme for experience

OOPR

OOPR Stands For : out of programme for research

OOPT

OOPT Stands For : out of programme for clinical teaching

OP

OP Stands For : occipitoparietal | oesophagopharyngeal | opium | opponens pollicis | osteopaenia | osteopontin | Off Pump | On Program | Operative Procedure | Out-Patient | OPtometry | Oncotic Pressure | Out-Patient | Occiput Posterior | Occlusal Plane | Open Palm | OPeration | Organising Pneumonia | OroPharyngeal | OroPharynx | OsteoPorosis | Out-Patient | Olfactory Pit

OPD

OPD Stands For : obstructive pulmonary disease | orphan products development | otopalatodigital | outpatient department | Once Per Day | Obnoxious Personality Disorder | Officially Pronounced Dead | Out-Patient Department

OPG

OPG Stands For : ocular plethysmography | Office of the Paymaster General | oocysts per gram (of faeces) | optic pathway glioma | OrthoPantomoGram | OculoPlethysmoGraphy | Osteoprotegerin

OPP

OPP Stands For : ocular perfusion pressure | organophosphate pesticides | organophosphate poisoning | outpatient with procedure | oxygen partial pressure | Opposite | Ovine Progressive Pneumonia

OPT

OPT Stands For : ocular photodynamic therapy | opisthotonos | optic pathway tumour | optician | oral provocation test | Ontological Paradigm Technique | Outpatient treatment

ORAC

ORAC Stands For : oxygen radical absorbance capacity

ORAM

ORAM Stands For : Organisational Readiness Assurance Model

OS

OS Stands For : left eye‰ÛÒoculus sinister | mouth (os) | obese strain | observational study | occupational safety | office surgery | oligosaccharide | Omenn syndrome | opening snap | Opitz syndrome | oral solution | organ-specific | Osgood-Schlatter | osteosarcoma | osteosclerosis | outer segment | overlap syndrome | oxidative stress | Opposite Strand | overall survival | Osteogenic Sarcoma (bone tumors) | Overall Survival | Left eye (oculus sinister) | Ocular Sinister | Oculus Sinister - Left Eye | Oral Surgery | OStium (mouth) | Oxygen Saturation | Orthopteris

OSC

OSC Stands For : open sigmoid colectomy | Ophthalmic Service Committee | oscillation | osteocalcin | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | Objective Straight Chiropractic

OSCE XX

OSCE XX Stands For : Objective Structured Clinical Exam

OSCHR

OSCHR Stands For : Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research

OSG

OSG Stands For : odontostomatognathic | Office of Surgeon General | officer support group

OSPE 1 XX

OSPE 1 XX Stands For : Objective structured practical examination Part 1

OSPE 2 XX

OSPE 2 XX Stands For : Objective structured practical examination Part 2

OSPHE

OSPHE Stands For : Objective Structured Public Health Exam

OT

OT Stands For : occlusion time | olfactory threshold | omeprazole test | open tracheostomy | optic tract | oral tolerance | orthopaedic treatment | Occupational Therapy | occupational therapy | Objective test | Observing Tool | Occupational Therapy | Old Tuberculin | Operating Theater | Orthostatic Tremors

P&T

P&T Stands For : professional and technical

PA

PA Stands For : Palaeopathology Association | palladium | panic attack | paranoia | Parapsychological Association | pathology | patient | patients‰Ûª association | percussion & auscultation | performance analysis | periarteritis | periodic acid | pernicious anaemia | phosphoric acid | photoallergic | physician advisor | physician‰Ûªs assistant (USA) | plasminogen activator | platelet adhesiveness | Police Authority (!) | polyarteritis | positive attitude | postmortem examination‰ÛÒie | prealbumin | pregnancy-associated | procainamide | profile analysis | progr

PAC

PAC Stands For : pancreatic adenocarcinoma | papular acrodermatitis childhood | photoactivated adenylyl cyclase | plasma aldosterone concentration | polycyclic aromatic compound | primary angle closure | primary auditory cortex | product of ambulatory care | prostate adenocarcinoma | Public Accounts Committee | pulmonary adenocarcinoma | pulmonary artery catheterisation | Physicians Assistant Committee | Post-Acute Care | P1 Artificial Chromosome | P1 Artificial Chromosome | Personal Access Code | Pharmaceutically Active Compound | Partners Against Cancer | Premature Atri

PACE

PACE Stands For : Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 | Promoting Action on Clinical Effectiveness | Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (!) | Patient Administrative Cycle Enhancements | Progressive Accelerating Cardiopulmonary Exertion | Promoting Aphasics Communicative Effectiveness | Post Abortion Counseling And Education | Processing Acceleration And Cerebral Enhancement

PACES XX

PACES XX Stands For : MRCP(UK) Part 2 Clinical Examination

PACS

PACS Stands For : Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) | Pediatric Activity Card Sort | Picture Archiving and Communications System | premature atrial contractions | Partial Anterior Circulation Syndrome | Pediatric Activity Card Sort | Posterior Anterior Chest System

PACS XX

PACS XX Stands For : Patient Care and Services

PAF

PAF Stands For : paroxysmal atrial fibrillation | Performance Assessment Framework | permanent atrial fibrillation | phosphodiesterase-activating factor | plain abdominal field | platelet-activating factor | progressive autonomic failure | Public Audit Forum (!!!) | pulmonary arteriovenous fistula | Platelet Activating Factor

PAG

PAG Stands For : Performance Advisory Group | phosphate-activated glutaminase | Policy Advisory Group | pregnancy-associated glycoprotein | pulmonary angiography | Protein Advisory Group | preanal ganglion | Periaquaductal Gray Matter

PAM

PAM Stands For : Parents Against Molesters | penicillin aluminium monostearate | percent accepted mutation | performing arts medicine | phenylalanine mustard | pralidoximine methiodide | primary acquired melanosis | primary amoebic meningoencephalitis | professions allied to medicine | pulmonary alveolar macrophage | pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis | Percent of Accepted Mutations | perception-action mechanism | physical activity monitor | Pregnancy After Miscarriage | Postapproval Monitoring

PAMIS

PAMIS Stands For : Parliamentary Monitoring and Intelligence Service (!)

PAMP

PAMP Stands For : pathogen associated molecular pattern | preload-adjusted maximal power | pulmonary artery mean pressure | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern

PARR XX

PARR XX Stands For : Patients At Risk of Readmission

PAS

PAS Stands For : para-aminosalicylic acid | Parent Attitude Scale | Patient Administration System MedpeakUKK | Performance Appraisal System | periodic acid-Schiff (stain) | Personality Assessment Scale | physician-assisted suicide | Polish Amiodarone Study | positron annihilation spectroscopy | posterior airway space | primary antiphospholipid syndrome | problem appraisal scales | progressive accumulated stress | public address system | pulmonary artery stenosis | Patient Accounting System | Patient Administration System | Per-ARNT-Sim | Primosome ASsembly | ParAminobenzo

PASA

PASA Stands For : primary acquired sideroblastic anaemia | Purchasing And Supply Agency (NHS Purchasing And Supply Agency)

PAU

PAU Stands For : Paediatric Assessment Unit | penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer | postmenopausal atrophic urethritis

PBAC

PBAC Stands For : policy-based access control | position-based access control

PBC

PBC Stands For : peripheral blood cell | practice-based commissioning | public benefits corporation | Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

PBCGC

PBCGC Stands For : Practice Based Commissioning Governance Committee

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