PTHC

English

Noun

PTHC (uncountable)

1. (radiology) percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
   • 2005, Judi Lindsley Nath, Using Medical Terminology: A Practical Approach, Wolters Kluwer Health, →ISBN, page 92:

     Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTHC or PTC) is radiography of bile ducts via needle puncture.

2. (pornography) preteen hardcore
   • 2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 63:

     When a new site appears, it is blazoned through all the related groups with a headline like “msn goood pthc club!!!” — the acronym signifies “preteen hardcore.”

Synonyms

• (radiological procedure): PTC

Anagrams

• HTPC, chpt.