Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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HHV human herpesvirus
HHV 1 to 8 human herpesviruses 1 to 8
HI half-scan with interpolation; hazard index; head injury; health informatics; health insurance; hearing impaired; heart infusion; hemagglutination inhibition; hepatobiliary imaging; high impulsiveness; histidine; hormone-independent; hormone insensitivity; hospital insurance; humoral immunity; hydroxyindole; hyperglycemic index; hypomelanosis of Ito; hypothermic ischemia
H-I hemagglutination-inhibition
Hi histamine; histidine
HIA Hearing Industries Association; heat infusion agar; hemagglutination inhibition antibody or assay
HIAA Health Insurance Association of America
5-HIAA 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid
HIB heart infusion broth; hemolytic immune body; Haemophilus influenzae type B [vaccine]
Hib Haemophilus influenzae type B [vaccine]
HIBAC Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council
HIBC health industry bar code
HIBCC Health Industry Business Communications Council
HIC handling-induced convulsions; health insurance claim; Heart Information Center; hydrophobic-interaction chromatography
HICA hydroxyisocaproic acid
HIC-CPR high-impulse compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation
HICH hypertensive intracranial hemorrhage
HiCn cyanmethemoglobin
HICPAC Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee [CDC]
HI-CPR high-impulse cardiopulmonary resuscitation
HID headache, insomnia, depression [syndrome]; herniated intervertebral disk; human infectious dose; hyperkinetic impulse disorder; hypertension in diabetes
HIDA Health Industry Distributors Association; hepato-iminodiacetic acid (lidofenin) [nuclear medicine scan]
HIDAC high density avalanche chamber
HIDDEL health information disclosure, description, and evaluation language
HIE human intestinal epithelium; hyperimmunoglobulin E; hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
HIES hyper-immunoglobulin E [IgE] syndrome
HIF higher integrative functions; hypoxia-inducible factor
HIFBS heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum
HIFC hog instrinsic factor concentrate
HIFCS heat-inactivated fetal calf serum
HiFOS High-Frequency Oscillation Study
HIFU high-intensity focused ultrasound
HIG, hIG human immunoglobulin
HIg hyperimmunoglobulin
HIH hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
HIHA high impulsiveness, high anxiety
HiHb hemiglobin (methemoglobin)
HII Health Industries Institute; health information infrastructure; Health Insurance Institute; hemagglutination inhibitor immunoassay
HIL health information locator
HILA high impulsiveness, low anxiety
HILDA human interleukin in DA [cells]
HIM health information management; hepatitis-infectious mononucleosis; hexosephosphate isomerase; hyperimmunoglobulin M
HIMA Health Industry Manufacturers Association
HIMAC heavy ion medical accelerator in Chiba [radiotherapy]
HIMC hepatic intramitochondrial crystalloid
HIMO Healthcare Information Management Officer [Japan]
HIMP high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone
HIMS healthcare information management system
HIMSS Healthcare Information Management and Support System; Healthcare Information Management Systems Society
HIMT hemagglutination inhibition morphine test
HIN health information network; Hemophilia in the Netherlands [study]
HI:NC health information: nursing component
HINF health information science
HINT healthcare information networks and technologies; hierarchical interpolation; Holland Interuniversity Nifedipine/Metoprolol Trial
Hint Hinton [test]
HIO health insuring organization; hypoiodism
HIOMT hydroxyindole-O-methyl transferase
HIOS high index of suspicion
HIP health illness profile; health insurance plan or program; help for incontinent people; heparan sulfate/heparin interacting protein; homograft incus prosthesis; hospital insurance program; hydrostatic indifference point
HIPA heparin-induced platelet activation
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPC Health Information Policy Council; health insurance purchasing collective; health insurance purchasing cooperative
HIPDM N-trimethyl-n- (2-hydroxyl-3-methyl-5-iodobenzyl)-1,3-propendiamine
HIPE Hospital Inpatient Enquiry
HiPIP high potential iron protein
HIPO hemihypertrophy, intestinal web, preauricular skin tag, and congenital corneal opacity [syndrome]; Hospital Indicator for Physicians Orders
HIPOS Hypertension in Pregnancy: Offspring Study
HiPPI high-performance parallel interface
HiPRF high pulse repetition frequency
HIPS health information processing system; Heparin Delivery with Infusasleeve Catheter Prior to Stent Implantation [study]; Heparin Infusion Prior to Stenting [study]
HIR head injury routine; healthcare information repository; homogeneity isodose range [radiosurgery]
HIRL_I homogeneity isodose range limited to the inferior [radiosurgery]
HIRMIT High-Risk Myocardial Ischemia Trial
HIRS healthcare-specific incident reporting scheme
HIS health information system; Health Interview Survey; Hemodilution in Stroke [study]; histatin; histidine; Hormones in Stroke [study]; hospital information system; Hungarian Isradipine Study; hyperimmune serum
His, his histidine
HISA healthcare information system architecture
HISAAP Hunter Illawarra Study of Airways and Air Pollution
HISB Health Insurance Standards Board
HISCC Healthcare Information Standards Coordinating Committee
HISKEW Health Information Skeletonized Eligibility Write-off [Medicare]
HISP Health Information System Programme [South Africa]
HIS-PACS hospital information system-picture archiving and communication system
HISPP Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel
HISSG Healthcare Information System Sharing Group; Hospital Information Systems Sharing Group
HIST hospital in-service training
hist histamine; history
HISTLINE History of Medicine Online [NLM database]
Histo histoplasmin skin test
histol histological, histologist, histology
HIT health integration team; hemagglutination inhibition test; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial; Hirudin for the Improvement of Thrombolysis [study]; histamine inhalation test; hypertrophic infiltrative tendinitis
HITB, HiTB Haemophilus influenzae type B
HITF Health Insurance Trust Fund
HITS high intensity transient signal
HIT-SK Hirudin for the Improvement of Thrombolysis with Streptokinase
HITT heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis
HITTS heparin-induced thrombosis-thrombocytopenia syndrome
HIU hyperplasia interstitialis uteri
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HIV1 human immunodeficiency virus type 1
HIV-1.ANT70 human immunodeficiency virus 1 ANT70
HIV 1.ARV2/SF2 human immunodeficiency virus 1 ARV2/SF2
HIV 1.93BR020 human immunodeficiency virus 1 93BR020
HIV 1.BRU(LAI) human immunodeficiency virus 1 BRU(LAI)
HIV-1.90CR056 human immunodeficiency virus 1 90CRO56
HIV-1.ELI human immunodeficiency virus 1 ELI
HIV-1.ETH2220 human immunodeficiency virus 1 ETH2220
HIV-1.HXB2 human immunodeficiency virus 1 HXB2
HIV-1MN human immunodeficiency virus 1 MN
HIV-1.NDK human immunodeficiency virus 1 NDK
HIV-1.RF human immunodeficiency virus 1 RF
HIV-1.U455 human immunodeficiency virus 1 U455
HIV-2 human immunodeficiency virus type 2
HIV-2.BEN human immunodeficiency virus 2 BEN
HIV-2.D205 human immunodeficiency virus 2 D205
HIV-2.EHOA human immunodeficiency virus 2 EHOA
HIV-2.ISY human immunodeficiency virus 2 ISY
HIV-2.ROD human immunodeficiency virus 2 ROD
HIV-2.ST human immunodeficiency virus 2 ST
HIV-2.UC1 human immunodeficiency virus 2UC1
HIV Ag human immunodeficiency virus antigen
HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
HIVAN human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy
HIV-G human immunodeficiency virus-associated gingivitis
HIVRAD HIV Vaccine Research and Design
HIVRT human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] reverse transcriptase
HIZ high intensity zone
HJ Henderson-Jones [disease]; Highlands J [virus]; Howell-Jolly [bodies]
HJB high jugular bulb
HJR hepatojugular reflex
HJV Highlands J virus
HK hand to knee; heat-killed; heel-to-knee; hexokinase; human kidney
H-K hand to knee
hK2 human glandular kallikrein 2
HKAFO hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis
HKAO hip-knee-ankle orthosis
HKB hybrid knowledge base
HKC human kidney cell
HKLM heat-killed Listeria monocytogenes
HKS hyperkinesis syndrome
HL hairline; hairpin loop; hairy leukoplakia; half life; hallux limitus; health level; hearing level; hearing loss; heparin lock; hepatic lipase; histiocytic lymphoma; histocompatibility locus; Hodgkin lymphoma; human leukocyte; hydrolethalus [syndrome]; hyperlipidemia; hypermetropia, latent; hypertrichosis lanuginosa
H&L heart and lung [machine]
H/L hydrophil/lipophil [ratio]
Hl hypermetropia, latent
hl hectoliter
HL7 health level 7
HLA histocompatibility leukocyte antigen; histocompatibility locus antigen; homologous leukocyte antibody; horizontal long axis [imaging]; human leukocyte antigen; human lymphocyte antigen
HL-A human leukocyte antigen
HLAA human leukocyte antigen A
HLAB human leukocyte antigen B
HLAC human leukocyte antigen C
HLAD human leukocyte antigen D
HLA-DP human leukocyte antigen, DP subregion
HLA-DQ human leukocyte antigen, DQ subregion
HLA-DR human leukocyte antigen, DR subregion
HLA-LD human lymphocyte antigen-lymphocyte defined
HLA-SD human lymphocyte antigen-serologically defined
HLB hydrophilic-lipophilic balance; hypotonic lysis buffer
HLBI human lymphoblastoid interferon
HLC heat loss center
HLCL human lymphoblastoid cell line
HLD hepatolenticular degeneration; herniated lumbar disk; Hippel-Lindau disease; hypersensitivity lung disease
HLDH heat-stable lactic dehydrogenase
HLDM high-level data model
HLEG hydrolysate lactalbumin Earle glucose
HLF heat-labile factor; hepatic leukemia factor; high-level fluoroscopy
HLH helix-loop-helix; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
hLH human luteinizing hormone
HLHS hypoplastic left heart syndrome
HLI human leukocyte interferon
H-L-K heart, liver, and kidneys
HLL hypoplastic left lung
HLLAPI high-level language application programming interface
HLM heart-lung machine
HLN hilar lymph node; hyperplastic liver nodules
HLP hepatic lipoperoxidation; hind leg paralysis; holoprosencephaly; hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans; hyperlipoproteinemia
HLQ high-level question
HLR heart-lung resuscitation; heart-to-lung ratio; high-level resistance
HLS Health Learning System; high-level segmentation [module]; Hippel-Lindau syndrome
HLT heart-lung transplantation; high-L-leucine transport; human lipotropin; human lymphocyte transformation
HLTx heart-lung transplant
HLV hamster leukemia virus; herpes-like virus; hypoplastic left ventricle
HLVS hypoplastic left ventricle syndrome
HM hand movements; health maintenance; heart murmur; hemifacial microsomia; hemodynamic monitoring; hemosiderin-laden macrophages [siderophages]; Holter monitoring; home management; homosexual male; hospital management; human milk; hydatidiform mole; hyperbaric medicine; hyperimmune mouse
Hm manifest hypermetropia
hm hectometer
HMA health care management alternatives; heteroduplex mobility assay; human monocyte antigen; hydroxymethionine analog
HMAB human monocyte antigen B
HMAC Health Manpower Advisory Council
HMAS hyperimmune mouse ascites
HMB homatropine methobromide; human milk bank; hydroxymethylbilane
HMBA hexamethylene bisacetamide
7-HMBA 7-hydroxymethyl-7-methyl-benz[α]anthracene
HMBANA Human Milk Bank Association of North America
HMBS hydroxymethylbilane synthetase
HMC hand-mirror cell; health maintenance cooperative; heroin, morphine, and cocaine; hospital management committee; human mesotheial cell; hypertelorism-microtia-clefting [syndrome]
HMCA hydroxymethyl-cyclophenyl adenine
HMCCMP human mammary carcinoma cell membrane proteinase
HMD head-mounted display [computer graphics]; hyaline membrane disease
HMDC health maintenance and diagnostic center