the medical abbreviation that is a lower case s with a line over it stands for tracheoesophageal fistula.
the medical abbreviation that is a lower case s with a line over it stands for?
tracheoesophageal fistula
a syllabic abbreviation is usually formed from the initial syllables of several words, such as "interpol" = international" + police". it is a variant of the acronym. syllabic abbreviations are usually written using lower case, sometimes starting with a capital letter, and are always pronounced as words rather than letter by letter. syllabic abbreviations should be distinguished from portmanteaus, which combine two words without necessarily taking whole syllables from each.









































section::::syllabic abbreviation.:usage.









































syllabic abbreviations are not widely used in english. some uk government ministries such as ofcom (office of communications") and oftel (office of telecommunications") use this style.
abbreviation
bullet::::- hun stuff (a world war i name for mustard gas)









































section::::science and technology.:medicine.









































bullet::::- , medical abbreviation for "hours of sleep"









































bullet::::- "", medical abbreviation for the latin phrase "hora somni" ("at bedtime")









































bullet::::- hereditary spherocytosis, a genetic disorder marked by hemolytic anemia









































bullet::::- hidradenitis suppurativa, a skin condition affecting apocrine sweat glands and hair follicles









































section::::science and technology.:other uses in science and technology.









































bullet::::- '.hs', the haskell programming language's typical filename extension









































bullet::::- higman–sims group, in mathematics









































bullet::::- hypothetical syllogism, a proof rule in classical logic









































section::::other uses.
hs