Abbreviations starting with P (page 1 of 2)

582 abbreviations begin with P. This page lists p to pl..

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p – p-value +9 more
P&C – Property and casualty insurance
P&G – Procter & Gamble
P&I – Principal and interest +2 more
P&ID – Piping and instrumentation diagram
P&L – Profit and loss statement
P&P – Postage and packing
P&R – Park and ride
P&T – Pharmacy and therapeutics committee +2 more
P/B – Price-to-book ratio
P-CAB – Potassium-competitive acid blocker
P/E – Price-to-earnings ratio
P/F – Pass/fail +1 more
P-gp – P-glycoprotein
P/S – Price-to-sales ratio
P1 – Player 1
P11D – Return of expenses and benefits (Form P11D)
P25 – Project 25
P.2d – Pacific Reporter, Second Series
P2E – Play-to-earn
P2P – Peer-to-peer +2 more
P2W – Pay-to-win
P2Y12i – P2Y12 inhibitor
P.3d – Pacific Reporter, Third Series
P45 – Details of employee leaving work (Form P45)
P4P – Pound-for-pound
P60 – End of Year Certificate (Form P60)
PA – Pennsylvania +15 more
PA-C – Physician Assistant-Certified
PaaS – Platform as a service
PAC – Political action committee +2 more
Pac-12 – Pacific-12 Conference
PAC-3 – Patriot Advanced Capability-3
PACAF – Pacific Air Forces
PACE – Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 +1 more
PACER – Public Access to Court Electronic Records
PACG – Primary angle-closure glaucoma
PaCO2 – Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
PACOM – United States Pacific Command
PACS – Picture archiving and communication system
PACT Act – Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise… +1 more
PACU – Post-anesthesia care unit
PAD – Peripheral artery disease
PAF – Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
PAH – Pulmonary arterial hypertension +1 more
PAHO – Pan American Health Organization
PAI – Personality Assessment Inventory
PAINAD – Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia
PAL – Phase Alternating Line
PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support
PAM – Protospacer adjacent motif +2 more
PAMORA – Peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist
PAN – National Action Party +3 more
PANCE – Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination
PANSS – Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
PaO2 – Partial pressure of arterial oxygen
Pap – Papanicolaou test +2 more
PAPI – Precision approach path indicator
PAPR – Powered air-purifying respirator
Par – Participating (provider) +3 more
para. – Paragraph
PARCC – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and…
PARPi – Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor
part. – Participle
PASG – Pneumatic anti-shock garment
PASI – Psoriasis Area and Severity Index
PASS – Pull, aim, squeeze, sweep +2 more
PAT – Point after touchdown +5 more
PATA – Parallel ATA
PATH – Port Authority Trans-Hudson +1 more
PAX – Passengers +1 more
PAYE – Pay As You Earn
PAYG – Pay as you go
PAYGO – Pay-as-you-go
PB – Lead +4 more
PB&J – Peanut butter and jelly (sandwich)
PBA – Philippine Basketball Association +1 more
PBC – Primary biliary cholangitis +1 more
PBGC – Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBI – Palm Beach International Airport
PBIS – Positive behavioral interventions and supports
PBJ – Probation before judgment
PBL – Project-based learning +1 more
PBM – Pharmacy benefit manager
PBO – Placebo
PBoC – People's Bank of China
PBR – Professional Bull Riders
PBS – Public Broadcasting Service +3 more
PBT – Preliminary breath test +1 more
PBUH – Peace be upon him
PBX – Private branch exchange
PC – Personal computer +9 more
PCA – Patient-controlled analgesia +6 more
PCAOB – Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
PCAT – Pharmacy College Admission Test
PCB – Printed circuit board +1 more
PCBA – Printed circuit board assembly
PCC – Prothrombin complex concentrate
PCCM – Pulmonary and critical care medicine
PCCN – Progressive Care Certified Nurse
PCE – Personal consumption expenditures
PCEA – Patient-controlled epidural analgesia
PCI – Percutaneous coronary intervention +2 more
PCI DSS – Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
PCIe – Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PCIT – Parent-child interaction therapy
PCL – Posterior cruciate ligament +1 more
PCL-5 – PTSD Checklist for DSM-5
PCM – Pulse-code modulation +3 more
PCMH – Patient-centered medical home
PCN – Penicillin +1 more
PCNL – Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
PCO – Posterior capsule opacification
PCom – Posterior communicating artery
PCORI – Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
PCOS – Polycystic ovary syndrome
PCP – Primary care provider +2 more
PCR – Polymerase chain reaction +3 more
PCRE – Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
PCS – Permanent change of station +2 more
PCSK9i – PCSK9 inhibitor
PCSO – Police community support officer
PCT – Patient care technician +3 more
PCU – Progressive care unit +1 more
PCUSA – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
PCV – Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine +1 more
PCWP – Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
PD – Police department +14 more
PD-1 – Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 – Programmed death-ligand 1
PDA – Public display of affection +4 more
PDB – Protein Data Bank
PDCA – Plan-do-check-act
PDD – Persistent depressive disorder +1 more
PDE – Partial differential equation
PDE5i – Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor
PDF – Portable Document Format +1 more
PDF/A – Portable Document Format for Archiving
PDK – Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (Porsche dual-clutch…
PDL – Preferred drug list
PDMP – Prescription drug monitoring program
PDO – Protected Designation of Origin
PDP – Prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D) +1 more
PDPH – Post-dural puncture headache
PDR – Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
PDT – Pacific Daylight Time +2 more
PDU – Power distribution unit +2 more
PDUFA – Prescription Drug User Fee Act
PDX – Portland International Airport +1 more
PE – Pulmonary embolism +13 more
PEA – Pulseless electrical activity
PEARS – Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and…
PEBKAC – Problem exists between keyboard and chair
PEC – Primary engineering control
PECARN – Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
PED – Performance-enhancing drug +1 more
Peds – Pediatrics
PEEP – Positive end-expiratory pressure
PEF – Peak expiratory flow
PEFR – Peak expiratory flow rate
PEFT – Parameter-efficient fine-tuning
PEG – Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy +2 more
PEGI – Pan European Game Information
PEI – Prince Edward Island
PEK – Beijing Capital International Airport
PEM – Pediatric emergency medicine +1 more
PEMDAS – Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division…
Pen. – Peninsula +1 more
Pen VK – Penicillin V potassium
Penn. – Pennsylvania
Penna. – Pennsylvania
PenTest+ – CompTIA PenTest+
PEO – Professional employer organization
PEOTUS – President-elect of the United States
PEP – Post-exposure prophylaxis +2 more
PER – Player efficiency rating
PERC – Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria
PERMA – Positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning…
PERRL – Pupils equal, round, reactive to light
PERRLA – Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
PERT – Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PESO – Paid, earned, shared, owned media
PEST – Political, economic, social and technological
PESTLE – Political, economic, social, technological, legal and…
PET – Positron emission tomography +1 more
PET-CT – Positron emission tomography-computed tomography
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Pet'r – Petitioner
PEWS – Pediatric Early Warning Score
PF – Personal foul (basketball) +4 more
PFA – Please find attached +1 more
PFAS – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PFB – Precious first born +1 more
PFC – Private First Class (US Army)
PFD – Personal flotation device +2 more
PFL – Paid family leave +1 more
PFLAG – PFLAG (formerly Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
PFO – Patent foramen ovale
PFOA – Perfluorooctanoic acid
PFOF – Payment for order flow
PFOS – Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
PFP – Profile picture
PFPS – Patellofemoral pain syndrome
PFS – Progression-free survival +1 more
PFT – Pulmonary function test +1 more
PFU – Plaque-forming unit
PG – Point guard +4 more
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned
PGA – PGA Tour +3 more
PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Education
PGCert – Postgraduate Certificate
PGDip – Postgraduate Diploma
PgDn – Page Down key
PGE1 – Prostaglandin E1 (alprostadil)
PGE2 – Prostaglandin E2 (dinoprostone)
PGH – Pittsburgh
PGM – Precision-guided munition
PgMP – Program Management Professional
PGP – Pretty Good Privacy
PGR – Post-grant review
PGT – Preimplantation genetic testing
PgUp – Page Up key
PGx – Pharmacogenomics
PGY – Postgraduate year
pH – Potential of hydrogen +6 more
Ph. Eur. – European Pharmacopoeia
PHA – Public housing agency +1 more
Phaco – Phacoemulsification
PharmD – Doctor of Pharmacy
PhD – Doctor of Philosophy
PHEV – Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
PHI – Protected health information
Phil. – Philippians
Phila. – Philadelphia
PHL – Philadelphia International Airport
Phlm. – Philemon
PHMSA – Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PHN – Postherpetic neuralgia
Phos – Phosphorus (serum phosphate)
PHOSITA – Person having ordinary skill in the art
PHP – Partial hospitalization program +2 more
PHPT – Primary hyperparathyroidism
PHQ-2 – Patient Health Questionnaire-2
PHQ-9 – Patient Health Questionnaire-9
PHR – Professional in Human Resources
PhRMA – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PHS – Pumped hydro storage
PHT – Phenytoin
PHTLS – Prehospital Trauma Life Support
PHV – Pro hac vice
PHX – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
PI – Personal injury +11 more
PI-RADS – Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System
PIA – Primary insurance amount
PiB – Pebibyte
PIC – Pilot in command +1 more
PICA – Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
PICC – Peripherally inserted central catheter
PICNIC – Problem in chair, not in computer
PICO – Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
PICU – Pediatric intensive care unit
PID – Pelvic inflammatory disease +4 more
PIE – Proto-Indo-European +1 more
PIH – Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation +1 more
PII – Personally identifiable information
PIIA – Proprietary information and inventions assignment agreement
PIIGS – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain
PIK – Payment in kind
PIL – Parents-in-law
PIM – Penalty minutes +2 more
PIN – Personal identification number
PINS – Person in need of supervision
pinx. – Pinxit (painted it)
PIO – Public information officer
PIP – Performance improvement plan +6 more
pip-tazo – Piperacillin-tazobactam
PIPE – Private investment in public equity
PIREP – Pilot report
PIRLS – Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA – Programme for International Student Assessment
PIT – Precision immobilization technique +1 more
PITA – Pain in the a**
PITI – Principal, interest, taxes and insurance
PIV – Peripheral intravenous catheter
PJ – Pararescue jumper +3 more
PJI – Periprosthetic joint infection
PJs – Pajamas
PJSC – Public joint-stock company
PK – Pharmacokinetics +8 more
pk-yr – Pack-year
pKa – Acid dissociation constant (negative logarithm)
PKD – Polycystic kidney disease
pkg – Package +2 more
PKI – Public key infrastructure
PKR – Pakistani rupee
pkt – Packet +1 more
PKU – Phenylketonuria
Pkwy – Parkway
PKX – Beijing Daxing International Airport
pl. – Plural +10 more