Abbreviation list - P

Common abbreviations

Disclaimer: Care should be taken with the use and interpretation of abbreviations. Some hospitals and specialities have their own lists of accepted abbreviations. The following examples generally are widely accepted although there is often more than one meaning to an abbreviation.
Latin terms should be written in lower case

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p.c.
After Meals (Post Cibum)
PA
Pulmonary Artery
PAP
Papanicolaou Smear
Para
Para Term Deliveries
pc
After Meals
PD
Provisional Diagnosis
PE
Physical Examination, Pulmonary Embolism
PH
Past History
PI
Present Illness
PID
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIP
Proximal Interphalageal (Joint)
PNS
Peripheral Nervous System
po
By Mouth (Per Os)
PO
Post Operatively
POP
Plaster Of Paris
pp
Post Prandial (After Meals)
PPH
Post Partum Haemorrhage
Pr
Presbyopia
pr
By Rectum
PRA
Plasma Renin Activity
prn
As Needed (Pro Re Nata)
Pt
Patient
PTS
Permanent Threshold Shift
PUO
Pyrexia Of Unknown Origin
PV
Per Vagina
PVD
Peripheral Vascular Disease

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