Common Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. ob-gyne
   Obstetrics and Gynecology
2. ODaPA
   Organization of Department and Program Advisors
3. OHTN
   Ocular Hypertension
4. Ophthmlgy
   Ophthamology
5. Orgnal
   Organizational
6. Outrch
   Outreach
7. P-Y
   Pack-Years
8. PAPP-A
   pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A
9. PARA I
   indicating a woman with one child (partus = birth
10. PARA II
    indicating a woman with two children (partus = birth
11. Patho
    Pathology
12. PAWP
    Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
13. PCVC
    percutaneous central vein catheter
14. PCYNH
    Pepper Canyon Hall
15. PERRLAC
    Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation Consensually
16. PGSOP
    Professional & Graduate Opportunity Program
17. Phycs
    Physics
18. Physcl
    Physical
19. Physct
    Physicist
20. PLOV
    painless, progressive loss of vision

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