Medical Abbreviations

HPE Stands For : Health Promotion England (abolished | hepatoportoenterostomy | higher professional education | histopathological examination | holoprosencephaly | hydrostatic pulmonary (o)edema | Hypericum perforatum extract | History and Physical Examination | Human Phisiological Equivalent.

HPERU Stands For : Health Policy and Economic Research Unit.

HPS Stands For : haemophagocytic syndrome | Health-Promoting Schools | Heart Protection Study | hepatopulmonary syndrome | Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome | hexulose-6-phosphate synthase | His-Purkinje system | human patient simulator | hyperprostaglandin E syndrome | hypertrophic pyloric stenosis | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | human patient simulator | Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome | Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome.

HPS/S Stands For : Health Promoting Schools/Service.

HPU Stands For : Health Protection Unit | hospital planning unit.

HQCA Stands For : High Quality Care for All.

HQHQ Stands For : Healthcare Quality Headquarters.

HR Stands For : haematologic remission | haemorrhagic retinopathy | hairpin ribozyme | heat resistant | high responder | histamine receptor | histamine release | homing receptor | homologous repeat | hormone receptor | hospital report | hospitalisation rate | human recombinant | human resources or personnel | hyperimmune reaction | hypersensitivity reaction | hypersensitivity response | hypoxic response | Haematological Response | hazard ratio | High Risk | Headache Removal | Heart rate | Horrific Regurgitation | Hospital Record.

HRC Stands For : hereditary renal cancer | high risk characteristic | hormone-receptor complex | Hospital Recognition Committee | Heart Rate Control | Human Respiratory Coronavirus.

HRG Stands For : high risk group | Healthcare Resource Group.

HSAC Stands For : Health Service Advisory Committee.

HSC Stands For : haematopoietic stem cell | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland | health screening centre | Health Select Committee | Health Service Circular | Health Service Commissioner | heat shock consensus | horizontal semicircular canal | hysteroscopy | hematopoietic stem cell(s) | hematopoietic stem cell | Health and Safety Commission.

HSCIP Stands For : Health and Social Care Integration Programme.

HSCQC Stands For : Health and Social Care Quality Centre.

HSDU Stands For : hospital sterile and disinfection unit.

HSE Stands For : haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy | Health Survey for England | heat shock response element | hepatic sinusoidal endothelium | high self-esteem | human serum esterase | human skin equivalent | human spongiform encephalopathy | Herpes Simplex Encephalitis | Health and Safety Executive.

HSG Stands For : Health Service Guidance | Health Strategy Group | histamine-succinyl-glycine | Housing Support Group | human serum globulin | hysterosalpingogram | HysteroSalpingoGraphy.

HSI Stands For : Health Service Indicator | Health Status Index | Heaviness of Smoking Index | high signal intensity | Hogwarts Slightly Improved.

HSJ Stands For : Health Service Journal.

HSMC (BU) Stands For : Health Services Management Centre (Birmingham University).

HSMP Stands For : Highly Skilled Migrant Program.

HSNC Stands For : historical significant non-complier.

HSPI Stands For : Health Services Prices Index.

HSSI Stands For : Higher Severity Service Incident.

HST Stands For : haematopoietic stem cell transplantation | Harvard Step Test | hereditary stomatocytosis | higher surgical trainee | higher surgical training | human serum transferase | hydroxysteroid sulphotransferase | Hypertrophy Specific Training.

HST rotation Stands For : higher surgical training rotation.

HT Stands For : haematocrit | haplotype | Hashimoto thyroiditis | head trauma | Healing Touch | hearing test | hearing threshold | heart transplant | hepatic tumour | hereditary thrombocytopaenia | hereditary tyrosinaemia | heterosexual | histotechnologist | hormone therapy | human teratocarcinoma | hyperthyroidism | hypnotherapy | Home Treatment | High Threshold | Hypothesis Testing | healing touch | height | Heart | Helium Talking | High Temper | Historical Temperament | Hospital Treatment | Hyper-Thyroidism | Hypertension.

HTA Stands For : Human Tissue Act 2004 | Human Tissue Authority | hyalinising trabecular adenoma | Health Technology Assessment.

HTCS Stands For : Hospital Travel Costs Scheme.

HTM Stands For : hand-to-mouth | high-technology medicine | human thrombomodulin | human transcriptome map.

HUS Stands For : HAEMOLYTIC URAEMIC SOMEYNDR | Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

HV Stands For : hepatitis virus | high-viscosity | highly virulent | hypersensitivity vasculitis | hypervolemic | Health Visitor | Half Value | HantaVirus | Healthy Volunteer | High-Volume | heavy | Hepatic vein | Herpes Virus | Home Visit | Hospital Visit | Hyaline Vascular | Hypersensitivity Vasculitis | Hyperventilation | Horse Vitaman.

HWBB Stands For : Health & Well-Being Board.

I&DeA Stands For : Improvement and Development Agency.

I&E Stands For : income and expenditure.

IAPT Stands For : Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

IATP Stands For : Integrated Academic Training Pathways | Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

IB Stands For : immunoblot | immunoblotting | implantation bleeding | Incapacity Benefit | inclusion body | insulin binding | interstitial brachytherapy | Inflammatory Bowel | Internal Bleeding.

IBD Stands For : interest-bearing debt (!) | irritable bowel disease | ischaemic brain disease | Isolation By Distance | Identity By Descent | inflamatory bowel disease | irritable bowel disease | Inclusion Body Disease | Infectious Bursal Disease | Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

IBM Stands For : ideal body mass See Body mass index | Inclusion Body Myositis.

IBMS Stands For : Institute of Biomedical Science.

IC Stands For : ichthyosis | immune competent | immunochromatography | immunoconjugate | immunocytochemistry | imprinting centre | indeterminate colitis | infantile colic | infectious colitis | inferior cardiac | inferior collicular | inferior colliculus | inflammatory cells | inflammatory cytokines | Information Commissioner | inhaled corticosteroids | inner canthal | inner canthus | inner cortex | inorganic carbon | institutional care | instrument calibration | insular carcinoma | insular cortex | intensive chemotherapy | inter cibum between meals | intermediate care | intermittent catheterisation | intermittent claudication | internal capsule | internal cardioversion | internal carotid | internal conversion | interstitial cell | interventional cardiology | intracanalicular | intracardiac | intracerebellar | intracerebral | intracranial | intracutaneous | intraoperative cholangiography | intraoperative cytology | intravascular coagulation | invasive cancer | invasive candidiasis | invasive carcinoma | ionisation chamber | ionised calcium | irritable colon | ischaemic cardiopathy | ischaemic colitis | ischiocavernosus | islet cells | isometric contraction | isovolumic contraction | Individual Case | Infection Control | Imprint Cytology | Inhibitory Concentration | Impedance Cardiography | Infiltrating Carcinoma | Infusion Chemotherapy | Between Meals | Ichthyosis Congenita | Idiopathic Constipation | Immune Complex | Incompetent Cervix | Inhaled Corticosteroid | Inhibition Concentration | Inspiratory Capacity | Intensive Care | Interstitial Cystitis | Intra Cellular | Intra-Cerebral.

ICB Stands For : Integrated Commissioning Board | intracavitary brachytherapy | intracoronary brachytherapy | intracranial bleeding.

ICC Stands For : immunocytochemistry | Indian childhood cirrhosis | infection control committee | Integrated Child Credit | Integrated Commissioning Consortium | intercalated cells | internal conversion coefficient | interstitial cell of Cajal | intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma | invasive cervical carcinoma | Intensive coronary care.

ICD Stands For : I cell disease | immune complex disease | implantable cardioverter-defibrillator | induced circular dichroism | International Classification of Disease | Ischaemic Coronary Disease | International Classification of Diseases | International Classification of Diseases | implantable cardioverter defibrillator | Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator | implantable cardioverter‰ÛÒdefibrillator | INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES | International Classification of Diseases (coding system) | Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator | implantable cardioverter‰ÛÒdefibrillator | Implanted cardiac defibrillator | InterCalated Duct | Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator.

ICER Stands For : Incremental Cost Effective Ratio.

ICES Stands For : Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences | Integrated Community Equipment Stores | Information Collection and Evaluation System | International Council of Electrophoresis Societies.

ICGN Stands For : Intercollegiate Group on Nutrition.

ICGT Stands For : Information Governance Toolkit.

ICH Stands For : International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use | International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use | International Conference of Harmonization | International Conference on Harmonization | Inter Cranial Hemorrhage | Intra-Cranial Hemorrhage | International Co-operation on Harmonisation (of Technical Requirements for the Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products) | International Co-operation on Harmonization.