Glossary of
Medical
Terms, Abbreviations
&
Symbols
Dutch-English,
French-English,
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HA
= haemagglutination; haemagglutination assay / Haaraufrichtung
= piloerection / Haarbalg =
hair follicle / haardontsteking
= focal infection / Haargefäß
= capillary (rmed.)
/ haarroos
= dandruff / HAART =
hochwirksame antiretrovirale
Therapie; hochwirksame antiretrovirale Kombinationstherapie
= highly active antiretroviral therapy; highly active
antiretroviral combination
therapy (HIV/Aids)
/
zwarte haartong
see
Haarzunge
/ Haartrichter
=
hair follicle / haarvaat
see
Haargefäß
/ haarworm
= hairworm / schwarze
Haarzunge
= black hairy tongue; lingua villosa negra / HACCP
=
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP
plan, system,
principles, application) (food
safety) /
HACEK
group bacteria: Haemophilus
spp, Actinobacillus
actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella, Kingella
/ coup de hache = hatchet strike: "En
revanche, il existe une rupture
du tendon d’Achille gauche et on note un aspect en coup de
hache sur la partie médiane du tendon"; "Physical
exam
findings include the “hatchet strike” sign (a
palpable proximal defect in the Achilles tendon) or a positive Thompson
test.2"; "gap, gapping" / Hacken-Zehen-Gang;
hakken-
en tenengang = heel-to-toe walk (neurol.)
/ Hackenfuß
= pes calcaneus (walking on heel)
/ HAD
= haemadsorption
/ haemangioma:
a
vascular naevus or red birthmark, either flat or raised, superficial
(capillary) or deep (cavernous), which may either be permanent or may
involute
over time. Depending on the depth of the blood vessels involved, its
colour may
range from pink to purple. Classification is complex: common raised
types which may be present at
birth
but fade with age include the "salmon patch", the "stork bite", and the
"strawberry
birthmark". A haemangioma which is congenital, flat and permanent is
known as a
naevus flammeus; the
commonest example is the "port-wine stain". There
is
also the non-congenital "vascular
spider" (syn.
naevus araneus;
spider mole; stellar
naevus)
which affects the arterioles in a
radiating
pattern, hence the name. /
hartnäckig
= recalcitrant; persistent / hémangiome
=
haemangioma
/ hémangiome
plan see naevus
flammeus / Hagelgeschwülst
= stye;
hordeolum / Hagelkorn
=
chalazion; meibonian cyst / HAI
= 1. haemagglutinin; 2. haemagglutination
inhibiting; 3. haemagglutination test
see
HI;
3. Health Action
International (NGO)
/ Häkchen
= (surgical) hook;
hook
probe / Hakenbein
= hamate bone / Hakenwurm
= hookworm,
see also
Grubenwurm
/ hakvoet
see Hackenfuß
/ Halbseitenlähmung
=
hemiplegia / halfdoorlaatbaar
= semipermeable / halfwaardetijd
= half-life (pharm. e.g.)
/ HALO = haemorrhoidal artery ligation operation / Halsschlagader
= carotid
artery / Halswirbel =
cervical vertebra / Halteband
=
ligament; retinaculum; (uterus)
parametrium / Haltung =
(body) posture / halve
cirkelvormige kanalen =
semicircular
canals (ear)
/ Häm
= haem (US
heme)
(porphyrin chelate of Fe(II))
/ hamer;
Hammer
= malleus (ear)
/ hamerteen
= hammer toe / Hämin
=
haematin; methaem (porphyrin
chelate of Fe(III))
/ Hämoptyse
= haemoptysis (rmed.)
/ Hämovigilanz
= haemovigilance
/ Hand:
prehensile movement (gripping,
pinching between digits and palms),
types: precision grip (thumb
pad
and several or all finger tip pads - writing, sewing);
power grip (uses
surface of fingers with thumb for support - scrubbing nails);
hook
grip (joints straight, ends
bent - carrying suitcase);
scissor
grip
(holding cigarette);
non-prehensile movement (uses
whole hand
-
pushing, lifting, punching) / Handgriff
= (surgical) manoeuvre / Action
européenne des Handicapés
= European Action for
the
Handicapped (1979)
/ operatieve handstuk
= surgical handpiece /
handwortel;
Handwurzel
= wrist; carpus / hanging
drop culture (bacteriol.:
drop of culture medium
containing test material is placed on a glass
coverslip. Over it is placed a thick glass slide with a central well.
Slide is inverted so that drop hangs down over well, clear of any
interfering organisms /
hansénien
= (defined)
pertaining to leprosy / Harnblase
=
(urinary) bladder / Harnkanälchen
= renal tubule;
uriniferous
tubule / Harnleiter
= ureter /
harnpflichtige
Stoffe = renally excreted substances / Harnröhre
= urethra
/ harnsauer
= (of, pertaining to)
uric acid / Harnsperre
= urinary
retention / Harnstarre
= isothenuria / Harnstauungsniere
= hydronephrosis / Harnstein
= urinary calculus; urinary stone;
urolith / Harnstoff
= urea /
Harnstottern
= 1. urinary intermittency; 2. paruresis / harntreibend
= diuretic / Harnverhalt
see
Harnsperre
/ Harnwege
= urinary tract / hartfalen
=
heart failure; cardiac insufficiency / hartgebrek
= heart
defect / hartgeruis
= heart sounds (collective, cf.
harttoon, Herzton) / hartinfarct
= myocardial infarction / hartinsufficiëntie
see
hartfalen
/ decompenseerde hartinsufficiëntie
=
cardiac decompensation / hartjagen
see hartkloppingen
/
hartklepje
see
Herzklappe
/ hartkloppingen
=
tachycardia; "palpitations"; "racing heart" / Hartmetallunge
=
hard metal lung (rmed.)
/ hartminuutvolume
= cardiac
output (rate) (symbol
Q)
/ hartpuntstoot
= ictus cordis; heart beat / hartspann
= myogelosis / harttoon
see
Herzton
/ hart- en vaatziekten
see
CVD
1. /
hartverlamming =
heart attack / hartzakje
= pericardium; pericardial sac / hartziekten
= heart disease / HAS = Haute Autorité
de
Santé = French National Authority for Health (use
FR
abbrev.) /
Hasenpest
= tularaemia; rabbit fever / Hasenscharte
=
cleft lip; harelip / Haschisch
(D);
hasj; hasjiesj (NL)
see
cannabis
/ HAT-SOB = hystérectomie abdominale totale avec
salpingo-ovarectomie bilatérale see
TAH
BSO /
HAU
= haemagglutinating units
/
haubanage
= cerclage
(fixing of
bone) / Hauptschlagader
= aorta / Hauspflegestation see
Heimpglegestation
/ Hausstaubmilbe
=
housedust mite / Haut
= 1. skin; 2. membrane / hautähnlich;
häutig
= membranaceous / Hautkrebs
= skin cancer / Hautlappe
= skin flap / Hautmaulwurf
= creeping eruption (by larva
migrans) (parasites)
/ Hautschmarotzer
= dermatozoon
/ HAV
= 1. hepatitis A virus; 2.
hyperactivité
vésicale, see
OAB
/ hazenlip
= cleft lip;
harelip / Hb
= haemoglobin / HbB
= haemoglobin in blood
/ HbCO
= carboxyhaemoglobin / HbGM =
hémoglobine
globulaire
moyenne = mean corpuscular
haemoglobin (MCH) (measured in
pg)
/ HbO2
= oxyhaemoglobin / HBOT
= hyperbaric oxygen therapy / HBP
= 1. high
blood
pressure; 2.
hyperplasie bénigne
de la prostate see
BPH
/ HBsAg =
hepatitis B surface antigen / HBV
= hepatitis B virus / HC
= 1. haemoglobin concentration; 2. haemorrhagic colitis (bacteriol.);
3. head circumference (obst.); 4. hospice
civil
(FR:
historical)
hospital caring for poor, non-military people; (modern)
organization responsible for administration of the entire hospital
network of a given geographical area (incl.
personnel
management and social services, training for nurses, midwives,
ambulance drivers, etc.)
/ HCG
= human chorionic
gonadotropin / HCL
= hairy cell
leukaemia /
HCM
= hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / HCt
= haematocrit / HCV
= 1. hepatitis C virus; 2. human
coronavirus / HDC
= human diploid cell (rabies
vaccine)
/ HDL
= high density lipoprotein / HDU
= high-dependency unit (one
step down
from intensive care) / health
(WHO)
definition, 1946: "Health
is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not
merely an absence of disease and infirmity."
(for DE;
FR; NL
definitions see Gesundheit; gezondheid; santé)
/ health physics
= (defined: science &
study of health
hazards caused by ionizing radiation
/ Heber
= levator (muscles)
/ hechting
= stitch; suture / heiligbeen
see sacrum
/ Heilpraktiker
=
non-medical practitioner / Heimpflegestation
= domiciliary care
service, agency / Heißhunger
= bulimia / heksenmelk
see Hexenmilch
/ méthode à l'hélium
en
circuit fermé =
helium dilution technique (rmed.)
/ helm
= caul; cowl (obst.)
/ helse steen
= lunar caustic; fused silver nitrate; toughened
silver nitrate (AgNO3,
used in stick form for e.g.
wart
removal) / HEM
= health effect monitoring (tox.)
/ hémangiome
see naevus vasculaire
/ hémangiome plan
= naevus
flammeus; port-wine stain /
hématose
= 1. (respiratory) gas exchange; 2.
haematopoeisis
/ hemeralopia
(EN)
= day blindness; poor vision
in bright
light (NB
Hemeralopie (D),
héméralopie (FR)
= night
blindness; nyctalopia) / -hemmend
= (as suffix usually)
-static / Hemmstoff
= inhibitor /
Hemmung
= inhibition; suppression / hémoculture
=
blood
culture / hémodialyse
= haemodialysis, dialysis;
dialysers;
haemodyalised patients / tube à hémolyse
=
haematolysis tube /
hémopathie
= blood disease; haemopathy / hémoperfusie
=
haemofiltration /
hémorragie en nappe
= vascular oozing / HeNe
= helium-neon (laser
type) / heparin;
to heparinize a sample / Hepatopathie
= liver disease / Herd
= focus (of
disease generally); (rmed.)
nodule, lesion: "The lungs,
sectioned at autopsy, display a uniform pattern of pigmented foci,
often with emphysema around them."
In pneumocioniosis, Herd
usually specifically means a lesion (safest
translation),
the discrete lesions or nodules (Knötchen)
found
in the less serious forms of disease, as opposed to the massive lesions
(Schwielen)
characteristic of e.g. PMF, where the
discrete lesions have coalesced or become confluent
/ herdförmig
= focal / hernie
discale = herniated disc / hernie
étranglée
= strangulated hernia / hernie
hiatale
= hiatus
hernia / hernie intraspongieuse = herniation of intravertebral disc / hernie
du poumon = pneumatocele / heroin
= (in UK, class A drug)
chemical name: diamorphine;
diacetyl morphine; as narcotic also
known as brown; elephant; horse; skag; smack /
hersenaanhangsel
= pituitary gland; hypophysis / grote hersenen
= cerebrum / hersenkneuzing
= brain contusion / hersenontsteking
= encephalitis / hersenruggenmergsvocht
= cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) / hersenschors
= cerebral cortex / hersenschudding
= concussion; commotio cerebri / hersenverwekking
= 1.
"softening of the brain" (=
dementia); 2. encephalomalacia (true
softening of brain substance) / hersenvliesontsteking
=
meningitis / hersenenvliezen
= meninges (singular: meninx)
/ hersenzenuw
= cranial nerve / herstellen
(intr.
verb) = recover / hervorrufen
= trigger (reaction)
/
Herzbeutel
= pericardium; pericardial sac / Herzflimmern
= (cardiac) fibrillation / Herzjagen
see Herzklopfen
/ Herzklappe
= heart valve; cardiac valve / Herzklopfen
see
hartkloppingen / Herzkontur
= cardiac outline (rad.)
/ Herzkranzgefäße
= coronary arteries / / Herzohr
=
atrium / Herzpause
= diastole (coincides with
interval
between first and second heart sound)
/ Herzrand
= cardiac
border (rad.)
/ Herzschatten =
heart shadow (rad.)
/ Herzschlag
= 1. heartbeat; pulse; 2. heart attack
/ Herzschlagfolge
= cardiac sequence / Herzstillstand
= cardiac arrest / Herztod
= cardiac death; fatal heart attack (irreversible
cardiac arrest)
/ Herzton
= heart sound / heterologe
inseminatie = donor
insemination;
artificial insemination by donor (AID) / hétéroprotéine
=
conjugated protein / type hétérozygote
=
phenotype (rmed.)
/
hétérozygotie
= heterozygosity / heupbeen
= hip bone; os coxae / Heuschnupfen
=
hayfever; seasonal allergic rhinitis / Hexenmilch
= witch's
milk; hexenmilch / Hexenschuß
= lumbago; joint stiffness
/ HFEA
= Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
/ HFMD = hand, foot and mouth disease / HGPRT
= hypoxathine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase / HHA
= health hazard analysis / HHL
= Hypophysenhinterlappen
= posterior pituitary / HHV
= host-specific herpesvirus / HI
= 1.
haemagglutination inhibiting;
haemagglutination inhibition test; 2. humoral immunity / Hib
= haemophilus influenzae
type B (vaccine)
/ HIC = hypertension
intracrânienne
=
intracranial hypertension / hielbeen
= heel bone; calcaneus / hielspoor
= calcaneal spur / hielvoet see
Hackenfuß
/
HIFU = high-intensity focused ultrasound / hik
= hiccups; hiccoughs; singultus / Hilfe im Sterben
= palliative care;
end-of-life care / Hilfe zum Sterben, see
PAS
/ Himbeermal
= strawberry mark;
strawberry naevus (not
raspberry NB!), see
haemangioma
/ Himbeerzunge
= raspberry
tongue; red strawberry tongue (scarlet
fever) / Hinterhaupt
= occiput / Hinterhauptsbein =
occipital bone; os occipitale / Hinterhauptsloch
=
foramen magnum /
Hinterhirn see metencephalon
/ Hinterhorn
=
posterior horn; cornu posterior (of
spinal cord) / Hinterstrang
= posterior bundle; funiculus posterior / Hippocrates
see
Hippocratic
oath (EN & Greek); eed van Hippocrates; serment d'Hippocrate;
Eid
van Hippokrates
/
hippocratisme digital
= clubbing of the fingers / Hirnanhangsdrüse
see
hersenaanhangsel
/
Hirnbruch
= cerebral hernia / HIRNHAUT;
HIRNHÄUTE =
meninx (singular);
meninges (plural): Hirnhaut- (as
adjective) = meningeal / harte Hirnhaut
= dura mater; dura / weiche Hirnhaut
(sometimes zarte Hirnhaut) = pia mater, pia (NB sometimes
"weiche Hirnhaut" is used to describe the pia and the arachnoid
together, i.e. the leptomeninx) / Hirnhautbruch
= meningocele / Hirnhautentzündung
= meningitis / Hirnkammer
= ventricle of brain; ventriculus
cerebri / Hirnnerv
= cranial nerve / Hirnrückenmarksflüssigkeit
see
CSF
/ Hirnvorfall
= encephalocele / Hirnwasser
see
CSF
/ Hirtenstab
= remover hook (a type of crown and bridge
remover. The
term "shepherd's hook" is not used for this in EN
for this, though it
is used to describe a type of probe routinely used in dental
examinations) / Hitzewallung
= hot flush (gyn.)
/ Hitzschlag
= heat stroke; thermoplegia / HIV
= human
immunodeficiency virus / Hk =
Hämatokrit =
haematocrit
(HCT) / HKB = hinteres Kreuzband, see
PCL
/
HLA
= human leukocyte antigen / HLT
= heart-lung
transplant / HML
= Hypophysenmittellappen
= pars
intermedia of pituitary /
HMV
= Herzminutenvolumen = cardiac
output / HNO
= Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde
see
ENT
/ HNP
= hernia nuclei pulposi
= herniated disc / Hochtonsteilabfall = ski
slope loss; steeply sloping loss (audiometry: difficulty
hearing HF/MF
sounds) / Höcker
(gen.)
= protruberance;
tuberositas / großer Höcker
= greater trochanter;
trochanter
major / kleiner Höcker
= lesser trochanter; trochanter
minor / Hodensackbruch
= scrotal hernia / hoefijzernier
= horseshoe kidney / hoektand
= canine; eye tooth / Hof
= areola (nipple)
/ Höhenkrankheit
= mountain sickness; altitude sickness / Hohlfuß
= pes
cavus / Hohlkeim
= blastocyst / Hohlkreuz
= hollow back; saddle back (abnormal
lordosis) / Hohlvene
= vena cava / holle ader
see Holhlvene
/ "holle"
tepels = inverted nipples (gyn.)
/ Höllenstein
see
helse steen / holoprotéine
= holoprotein / holvoet
see
Hohlfuß / "holy plane of rectal surgery",
defined:
perimesorectal plane; interfascial plane of fusion between presacral
and mesorectal fascia (term coined by R.J. Heald, 1988)
/ Holzarbeiterlunge
= woodworker's lung (rmed.)
/ Holzbock
= castor bean tick; Ixodes ricinus / Homogenisat
= homogenate; "ground
in a homogenizer" (microbiol.)
/ homolatéral
= on the affected side;
ipsilateral / homologe
inseminatie
= homologous insemination (AIH) / hondenlintworm
= dog tapeworm; Echinococcus granulosus / hondsdolheid
=
rabies; lyssa / stille hondsdolheid
= dumb rabies; paralytic
rabies / wilde hondsdolheid =
furious rabies / Honigwabenlunge
= honeycomb lung (rad./rmed.)
/ honteux
= pudendal / hoofdluis
= head louse; Pediculus humanus capitis / hoofdroos
= dandruff
/ hoofdzeer
= favus; honeycomb ringworm; tinea favosa / hoogdeziekte
see Höhenkrankheit
/ hooikoorts
= hayfever;
seasonal
allergic rhinitis / hoorbuis
= stethoscope / hoornlaag
= horny layer; stratum corneum (epidermis)
/ hoornstof =
keratin / hoornvlies
= cornea (eye)
/
Hormonhaushalt
= hormonal balance; endocrine homeostasis / Hornhaut
see
hoornvlies / Hornhautrand
= limbus (eye)
/ horrelvoet
= club foot; pes varus / horripilation =
goose flesh; goose
bumps; horripilation / effet hors cible =
off-target
(effect) /
zeitweilige Hörschwellenabwanderung,
Hörschwellenverschiebung
see
TTS
/
tablier des Hottentotes
= Hottentot's apron (elongated
genital labia) / HPA
= Health
Protection Agency (UK
government
public health watchdog)
/ HPD
= haematoporphyrin derivative / HPNS
= high pressure nervous syndrome (diving
med.)
/ HPV
= human papilloma virus / HR
= heart rate / HRBS
= hyperreagibles
Bronchialsystem = bronchial
hyperreactivity;
airway hyperreactivity (NB
these are the terms used in the EN
literature: "hyperreactive/hypersensitive bronchial system" seems to
occur only in translations from German. See
also BHR)
/ HRCT
= high resolution computer(-ised)
tomograph(y) / HROP
= horseradish peroxidase / HRP
=
hématome rétroplacentaire
= retroplancental haematoma
(gyn./obst.)
/ HRS = Harnstoff-Stickstoff
= blood urea nitrogen (BUN); HRS
= human subject research / HRT
= hormone replacement therapy (gyn.)
/ HSC
= 1. health and
safety committee (OSH);
2. haematopoietic stem cell
/ HSE
= Health and Safety
Executive (UK)
/ HSG =
hysterosalpingografie; hystérosalpingographie
=
hysterosalpingography / HSS
=
Herzspitzenstoß = apex
beat (card.)
/ HSV
= herpes simplex virus / Ht
= haematocrit (synonym HCT)
/ HTA = hypertension
artérielle
= HBP;
hypertension / HTLV
= human
T-cell
leukaemia/lymphoma; human T-cell lymphotropic (virus)
/ HTS = high-throughput screening (tox.,
pharm.) / HTX
= heart transplant / Hüftbein
see heupbeen /
Hughes syndrome
= antilipophosphid
syndrome; "sticky blood" (named
after Dr Graham Hughes, based St
Thomas' Hospital London) / Hühnerauge
= corn; clavus;
heloma (foot)/
Hühnerbrust
= pigeon chest; pigeon
breast
/ Hühnerzüchterlunge
see
Vogelhalterlunge /
huig
= uvula / huispraktijk
= general practice / huisstofmijt
= housedust mite / huiduitslag
see Hautausschlag
/ huidzeer
= impetigo (derm.)
/
Hülle
= envelope (virus)
/ hulpademhalingspieren
= accessory muscles of respiration / HUS
= haemolytic uraemic
syndrome (bacteriol.: E.coli)
/
Hustentest
= 1. "cough and drop" test (for
hernia, etc. in men); 2. bladder
stress test (for urinary
incontinence, chiefly in women)
/ HVD
= hypertrophie
ventriculaire droite
see
RVH
/ HVES = Halveneneinflussstauung, see
JVD
/ HVG
= hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche
= left ventricular hypertrophy
(LVH) / HVL
= Hypophysenvorderlappen
= adenohypophysis;
anterior pituitary / HVS
= 1. Hyperviskositätssyndrom =
hyperviscosity
syndrome; 2.
Halsvenenstauung, see JVD;
3. high volume sampling (tox.)
/ HWI
= Harnwegsinfektion
see
UTI
/ HWK =
halswervelkolom = cervical spine
/ HWS
=
Halswirbelsäule
= cervical spine / Hx
= history / hybridation
fluorescente in situ see
FISH
/ hydrargyrie
= mercury
poisoning; hydrargyria / hydroadénites
suppuratives =
hidradenitis suppurativa / hydrocution
= immersion syncope;
hydrocution / hydropisie
(obsol.)
= (obsol.)
dropsy; anasarca / hygiéniste
dentaire = dental
hygienist / hyperbarie
= hyperbaric conditions (diving
med. e.g.)
/ hypercalcémie
= hypercalcaemia; high blood calcium / hyperchloorhydrie
=
hyperacidity / hyperglycémie
= hyperglycaemia; "high
blood
sugar" /
épreuve d'hyperglycémie
provoquée = glucose
tolerance test / hyperkaliémie
= hyperkaliaemia; high
blood
potassium / hyperkinetisch
syndroom = attention deficit
disorder (ADD); attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADH); hyperactive
child syndrome / hyperlipémie
= hyperlipidaemia /
épreuve d'hyperlipémie
provoquée = lipidaemia tolerance test / hypernatrémie
see
natrémie
/
hyperplaquettose
=
thrombocytosis / hypersialorrhée =
drooling; sialorrhoea / hypertension
artérielle pulmonaire
=
pulmonary
arterial hypertension (rmed.)
/ Hypertonie =
hypertonia
(muscle);
hypertension (blood)
/ hypertrophie
=
hypertropism; enlargement (gen.):
hypertrophie de la rate
= splenomegaly; hypertrophie
du foie = hepatomegaly / hypoaccélérinémie
= proaccelerin deficiency (blood:
proaccelerin = factor V)
/ hypocalcémie
= hypocalcaemia; low blood calcium /
épreuve
d' hypocalcémie
= EDTA
tolerance test / hypocaptant = low-uptake (by
cells, of
iodine tracer in testing for thyroid cancer) /
hypocholestérolémiant
= cholesterol-lowering / hypoglycémie
=
hypoglycaemia; "low blood sugar" / épreuve d'
hypoglycémie =
insulin tolerance test /
hypolipémiant;
hypolipidémiant =
lipid-lowering (agent) / hyponatrémie
see
natrémie
/ Hypophysenhinterlappen
= posterior pituitary / Hypophysenvorderlappen
= antterior pituitary / Hyposensibilisierung
= desensitisation / hystérectomie
par voie basse =
vaginal
hysterectomy / hystérectomie
par voie haute = abdominal
hysterectomy / HZL = Haarzellleukämie, see
HCL / HZV
=
Herzzeitvolumen
see
HMV
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