PA Medicine Abbreviation

Physician Advisor

Physician Associate

Plasminogen Activator

Platelet Adhesiveness

Practice Administrator

Patients' Association

Photoallergic

Photoallergy

Prothrombin Activity

Pyruvate

 A prominent intermediate in metabolism; a precursor for alanine and glucose and can be converted into lactate in anaerobic glycolysis; can also be oxidized to acetyl coa, which can be further oxidized to yield energy aerobically, converted into fats, or used to synthesize cholesterol and other steroids.