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H and P
In common doctor language, H stands for history and P for physical. So H and P = the history and physical, the medical history and the physical examination of the patient. The H and P are thus the initial clinical evaluation and…
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- Traditional oriental medicine This is a sophisticated form of medicine comprised of many systematic techniques and methods, including…
- Headache, migraine See migraine headache.
- Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- WF Abbreviation for 'white female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- HHV-6 Human herpesvirus 6
- Foot, athlete A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the…
- Nebulization, heated Administration of medication via fine spray that has been heated to increase its water content
- Balanitis Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis. Inflammation of the foreskin is called posthitis…
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS. AIDS is a disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Also referred to as…