Science and Medicine
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, a surgical procedure
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Pharmacy Technical Assistant
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Plasma thromboplastin antecedent, a blood enzyme
- Plasma Transformed Arc, a coating technology
- Post-traumatic amnesia, a state of confusion following a traumatic brain injury
- Pulsar timing array, a technique to detect gravitational waves
- Pure tone audiometry, a hearing test
- Purified terephthalic acid, an organic compound used to make polyester
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