Medical Abbreviation

POCA Stands For : plan of corrective action | prednisone | Protection of Children Act 1999

POCT Stands For : point-of-care testing

PODS Stands For : Pharmacy | postoperative days | potential organ donors | Probability Of Death Score | Positive Outcomes Dont Stress

POLG Stands For : polymerase gamma

POM Stands For : pain on motion | Pommy | preoptic medial nucleus | proopiomelanotropin | purulent otitis media | Prescription-Only Medicine

POMR Stands For : problem-oriented medical record | Pproblem Orientated Medical Record | Problem Orientated Medical Record | Problem Orientated Medical Records | Problem Oriented Medical Record | Problem Oriented Medical Records

POPPs Stands For : Partnership for Older People Projects

POPUMET XX Stands For : Protection of Persons Undergoing Medical Examinations or Treatment

POU Stands For : placenta | pulmonary oncology unit

PoVA Stands For : Protection of Vulnerable Adults (from abuse)

PP Stands For : palpable purpura | pancreatic polypeptide | pancreatic pseudocyst | paradoxical pulse | patient pathway | peak pressure | pentose phosphate | perfusion pressure | periodic paralysis | Peyer‰Ûªs patch | phenylpyruvate | pin prick | placenta praevia | plasmapheresis | plaster of Paris | polypeptide | portal pressure | post prandial | posterior parietal | posterior pituitary | postpartum period | precocious puberty | prepubertal | primary provider | private patient | private practice | promoter protein | Prospective Payment | protein phosphatase | protoporphyrin | proximal phalanx | pseudomyxoma peritonei | pterygoid process | pulmonary pressure | pulse pressure | Purkinje potential | pustular psoriasis | pyrophosphate | Pair Production | Private Part | Positive Pressure | Post Partum | Postprandial | Presenting Problem | Private Physician | post-prandial (Lat after eating)

PPA Stands For : palpation | participating provider agreement | Pathology Practice Association | phenylpyruvic acid | Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent | plasminogen proactivator | posterior pulmonary artery | postpartum amenorrhoea | preferred provider arrangement | Prescription Pricing Authority | price per accession | primary peritoneal adenocarcinoma | primary progressive aphasia | pure pulmonary atresia | per Prokura | Phenylpropanolamine Hydrochloride | People Protecting Animals | Puppy Protection Act

PPD Stands For : peak particle diameter | periodontal pocket depth | pigmented purpuric dermatosis*** | post psychotic depression | postpartum depression | Prescription Pricing Division | primary progressive dementia | postpartum day | Psycho Physical Development | Purified Protein Derivative | persistent post-traumatic distress | post-partum day | Post-Partum Depression | purified protein derivative | Packs Per Day | Permanent Partial Disability | Post Partum Depression | purified protein derivative (TB test)

PPG Stands For : peak pressure gradient | portal pressure gradient | post-prandial glycaemia | Practitioners Performance Group | principal police grant (!) | pterygopalatine ganglion | pylorus-preserving gastrectomy | This term had 47 hits on 23102011 | Postprandial glucose

PPI Stands For : paired pulse inhibition | partial permanent impairment | Partnerhip for Policy Implementation | peptidyl prolyl isomerase | phosphoinositide | portal perfusion index | postpartum interval | preproinsulin | protein-protein interaction | purified porcine insulin | Patient and Public Involvement | Patient Public Involvement | Patients Perspective of Illness | Pea Protein Isolate | protein-pump inhibitor | Proton Pump Inhibitor | psychophysiological interaction | Proton Pump Inhibitior

PPIF Stands For : patient and public involvement forum (Local Involvement Network)

PPR Stands For : paired pulse ratio | papulopustular rosacea | parapyramidal region | patient-provider relationship | Pharmaceutical Price Regulation | Physician Payment Reform | progressive pigmentary retinopathy | proximal promoter region | PTHrP receptor | Putative Promoter Region

PPRD Stands For : programme for provisionally registered doctors | This term got 56 hits on 23102011

PPRS Stands For : Pharmaceutical Prices Regulation Scheme

PPS Stands For : parapharyngeal space | Parliamentary Private Secretary (!) | pepsin A | peripheral pulmonary stenosis | Personal Preference Scale | plasminogen-plasmin system | post-polio syndrome | postpartum sterilisation | postperfusion syndrome | postpericardiotomy syndrome | postpump syndrome | progressive pneumonia of sheep | Paradoxical Parasympathetic Syndrome | Post Polio Syndrome | Preferred Provider Services | Purely Panic Stricken

PPV Stands For : parapox virus | paroxysmal positional vertigo | pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine | positive pressure ventilation | post payment verification | Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (replaced by the term PPSV23) | Pars Plana Vitrectomy

PR Stands For : P receptor | pagetoid reticulosis | palindromic rheumatoid arthritis | pars recta | partial resection | partial response | penicillin resistant | performance ratings | perfusion rate | peripheral resistance | pharmaceutical representative | phenol red | phosphorylation rate | photoreactive repair | photoreceptor | physical rehabilitation | pityriasis rosea | placental retention | polymorphic reticulosis | polymyalgia rheumatica | poor responder | post resuscitation | pregnancy rate | prevalence rate | primary response | primitive reflexes | production rate | proliferation rate | proline rich | prolonged release | propranolol | prospective reimbursement | protein restriction | protein retention | pulmonary regurgitation | pulmonary resistance | Pulse Rate | Pathogenesis Related | Pathogen Resistant | Progesterone Receptor | prothrombin ratio | partial response | per rectum (rectally) [Lat] | Partial Remission | Per Rectum | Partial remission | passive resistance | Per Rectum | Programmed Release | Progress Record | Pulse Rate | Rectally | pegylated interferon and/with weight-based ribavirin | per rectum [Lat] by rectal route | Praise and Release

PRB Stands For : pay review body | percutaneous renal biopsy | pharmaceutical resources branch | phosphorylation of retinoblastoma

PRCC Stands For : Principles and rules for co-operation and competition

PRD Stands For : Performance Review and Development | positive regulatory domain | proline-rich domain

PRDI Stands For : positive regulatory domain I element

PREPP Stands For : Post Registration Education and Preparation for Practice | This term got 33 hits on 23102011

PRF Stands For : Platelet-rich fibrin

PRHO XX Stands For : Preregistration house officer (PRHO)

PRIMAP Stands For : Patient Records and Information Management

PRIMIS+ XX Stands For : Primary Care Information Services (PRIMIS+)

PRINCE XX Stands For : PRojects IN Controlled Environments

PRO Stands For : patient-reported outcome | patients‰Ûª rights organisation | peer review organisation | peer-review organisation | physician review organisation | professional review organisation | proflavin | progesterone | proline | prolyl | pronation | propranolol | protein | Prophylactic

PROM Stands For : Patient Reported Outcome Measures | premature rupture of membranes | Passive Range Of Motion | Premature Rupture Of the Membranes

PROMETHEUS Stands For : Provider payment Reform for Outcomes

PRP Stands For : PACAP-related peptide | penicillase-resistant penicillin | penicillin-resistant pneumococci | performance-related pay | physiologic rest position | pityriasis rubra pilaris | platelet-rich plasma | pre-registration period | pre-RNA processing | primary Raynaud phenomenon | primer recognition protein | proline-rich protein | psychotic reaction profile | pulmonary rehabilitation programme | Platelet Rich Plasma | Polyribosyl Ribitol Phosphate | Precursor Rna Processing | Prion Related Protein | pan-retinal photocoagulation | Polyribosylribitol Phosphate Polysaccharide (Hib) Vaccine (no longer available) | misfolded prion protein

PRU Stands For : peripheral resistance unit | physicians‰Ûª response unit | Police Resources Unit (!) of the Home Office | This term got 86 hits on 23102011

PRUH Stands For : Princess Royal University Hospital

PS Stands For : pain score | Palmaz-Schatz | pap smear | papillary serous | papulosquamous | paradoxical sleep | paraffin section | parasympathetic | partial saturation | partial seizure | passive smoking | pathological stage | patient survey | peak systolic | performance score | performance status | personal service personality scale | Pharmaceutical Services | phosphatidyl serine | photosensitive | photosynthesis | physiologic saline | phytosterol | pituitary stalk | plastic surgery | population spike | Porter-Silber | postmaturity syndrome | presenting symptom | pressure sore | pressure support | primitive streak | prognostic score | protamine sulphate | protein S | psychogenic seizure | pubertal stage | pulmonary sarcoidosis | pulmonary stenosis | pulmonary surfactant | pyloric sphincter | pyloric stenosis | pyriform sinus | Penicillin Susceptible | performance status | Paraspinous | Physical Status | Present Symptoms | Psychotropic Substances

PSA Stands For : posterior septal artery | posterior spinal artery | Pre-Scheduled Appointment | Procedural Sedation and Analgesia | Professional Services Agreement | Prostate-Specific Antigen | Public Sector Agreement | Protein Specific Antigen | Prostate-Specific Antigen | Prostate-Specific Antigen | Persistent Sciatic Artery | Pressure Sensitive Adhesive | Progressive Spinal Ataxia | Prolonged Sleep Apnea | Prostate-Specific Antigen | Psoriasis Symptom Assessment | PSoriatic Arthritis | Poor Stray Animal | Poultry Science Association

PSC Stands For : Pediatric Symptom Checklist | peptide-sensitive channel | peripheral stem cell | Pharmaceutical Services Committee | posterior semicircular canal | posterior subcapsular cataract | Postmarket Strategies Committee | Primary Service Coordinator | primary synovial chondromatosis | primitive stem cells | prospective studies collaboration | public sector comparator | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center | Posterior subcapsular cataract | Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

PSD Stands For : pancreas-sparing duodenectomy | patient services department | pilonidal sinus disease | placental sulphatase deficiency | polysystemic dysautonomia | post-stroke depression | posterior sagittal diameter | protein sequence database | psychosomatic disease | Protein S Deficiency | Post Stroke Depression | Pesticides Safety Directorate

PSIS Stands For : Personal Spine Information Service | plastic surgery information system | posterosuperior iliac spine | Posterior Inferior Iliac Spine

PsLCV Stands For : Procedures of Limited Clinical Value

PSM Stands For : palmitoyl sphingomyelin | pansystolic murmur | patient self-management | positive surgical margins | postsurgical mediastinitis | Practice Support Model | presystolic murmur | problem solving method | Professions Supplementary to Medicine | prostate-specific membrane antigen

PSNC Stands For : Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

PSS Stands For : painful shoulder syndrome | Panic Symptom Scale | patient scheduling system | Performance Status Scale | personal social services | physiologic saline solution | Poisoning Severity Score | portosystemic shunt | primary Sj̦gren syndrome | professional stress scale | psoriasis severity scale | Psychiatric Status Schedule | psychosocial short stature | PTSD Symptom Scale | perceived stress scale | Progressive Systemic Sclerosis

PSUMP Stands For : prostatic stromal proliferation of uncertain malignant potential

PT Stands For : pain threshold | parathyroid | paroxysmal tachycardia | part-time | patellar tendon | performance test | pertussis toxin | phototherapy | phototoxicity | popliteal tendon | portal tract | posterior tibial | pretectal | prior treatment | proficiency testing | propylthiouracil | pulmonary tuberculosis | pulp testing | pyramidal tract | Peptidyl Transfer | Prothrombin time | partial tonsillectomy | percutaneous tracheotomy | Physical Therapy | physiotherapy | preferred term | Pain and Torture | Patient | Pencil Test | Permanent and Total | Physical Therapy | PneumoThorax | Post Traumatic | Posterior Tibial pulse | Pre Thorax | Prothrombin Time | physical therapy | physiotherapy

PTCA Stands For : percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography | Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angiograph | Percutaneous Transhepatic CholAngiogram | Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty