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HS

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HS or Hs can stand for:

Businesses and brands

Science and technology

Chemistry

  • Hassium, a chemical element with symbol 'Hs'
  • Bisulfide, HS, a chemical compound derived from H2S
  • Mercapto radical, HS, a radical molecule
  • Hun stuff (a World War I name for mustard gas)

Medicine

  • hs, medical abbreviation for "hours of sleep"
  • h.s., medical abbreviation for the Latin phrase hora somni ("at bedtime")
  • Hereditary spherocytosis, a genetic disorder marked by hemolytic anemia
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa, a skin condition affecting apocrine sweat glands and hair follicles

Other uses in science and technology

Vehicles

  • Curtiss HS, an American patrol flying boat
  • Lexus HS, a Japanese compact hybrid sedan
  • MG HS, a Chinese-British compact SUV
  • YTHS HS, a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle series

Other uses

  • Harmonized System, the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of tariff nomenclature
  • Sestertius, an ancient Roman coin
  • High school (secondary education)
  • Solar Hijri calendar (= Hijri Shamsi)
  • Holy spirit
  • HS postcode area, covering the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
  • SS-Heimatschutz Slowakei (HS), a German paramilitary group in Slovakia during World War II
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