An abbreviation for 'height,' commonly used in medical records, forms, and technical documentation.
A modern abbreviation formed by taking the initial letters of 'height' (h-g-t); abbreviations like this became standard in the 20th century for saving space on forms.
Medical abbreviations like HGT are a shorthand language that doctors and nurses use to write faster—but it also creates a problem when different hospitals use the same abbreviation for different things.
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