Medical Terminology: Abbreviations B-D

Medical abbreviations that begin with B-D are listed here. Remember that capitalization and punctuation can alter meaning with these abbreviations - ab may not necessarily be synonomous to Ab or AB for that matter.

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• Abbreviation: Bx
  Meaning: biopsy
• Abbreviation: Ba
  Meaning: barium
• Abbreviation: BAC
  Meaning: blood alcohol content
• Abbreviation: BAL
  Meaning: bronchoalveolar lavage; British anti-Lewisite; blood alcohol level
• Abbreviation: BAO
  Meaning: basic acid output
• Abbreviation: BAT
  Meaning: brown adipose tissue
• Abbreviation: BBA
  Meaning: bilateral breast augmentation
• Abbreviation: BBB
  Meaning: blood–brain barrier
• Abbreviation: BBB L
  Meaning: left bundle branch block
• Abbreviation: BBB R
  Meaning: right bundle branch block
• Abbreviation: BBT
  Meaning: basal body temperature
• Abbreviation: BC
  Meaning: bone conduction; blood culture
• Abbreviation: BCC
  Meaning: basal cell carcinoma; blind carbon copy
• Abbreviation: BCG
  Meaning: bacille Calmette-Guerin (a tuberculosis vaccination)
• Abbreviation: BCP
  Meaning: birth control pill
• Abbreviation: BCX; BCx
  Meaning: blood culture
• Abbreviation: BBMF
  Meaning: "bone break, me fix" (orthopedic consent form)
• Abbreviation: BD
  Meaning: bipolar disorder; twice a day (from Latin bis in die)
• Abbreviation: BDD
  Meaning: body dysmorphic disorder
• Abbreviation: BDI
  Meaning: Beck Depression Inventory
• Abbreviation: BE
  Meaning: barium enema; base excess
• Abbreviation: BFP
  Meaning: bundle forming pilus
• Abbreviation: BGAT
  Meaning: blood glucose awareness training (to help patients with diabetic hypoglycemia)
• Abbreviation: BGL
  Meaning: blood glucose level
• Abbreviation: BIB
  Meaning: brought in by
• Abbreviation: BIBA
  Meaning: brought in by ambulance
• Abbreviation: BID; bid; b.i.d.
  Meaning: twice a day (from Latin bis in die)
• Abbreviation: Bilat eq
  Meaning: bilaterally equal
• Abbreviation: BiPAP
  Meaning: bilevel positive airway pressure
• Abbreviation: BiVAD
  Meaning: bilateral ventricular assist device (left and right)
• Abbreviation: BK
  Meaning: bradykinin
• Abbreviation: BKA
  Meaning: below-the-knee amputation
• Abbreviation: bl.cult
  Meaning: blood culture
• Abbreviation: bld
  Meaning: blood
• Abbreviation: BLS
  Meaning: basic life support
• Abbreviation: BM
  Meaning: bowel movement; bone marrow
• Abbreviation: BMC
  Meaning: bone mineral content
• Abbreviation: BMD
  Meaning: bone mineral density (also termed bone mass measurement)
• Abbreviation: BMI
  Meaning: body mass index
• Abbreviation: BMP
  Meaning: blood metabolic profile
• Abbreviation: BMR
  Meaning: basal metabolic rate
• Abbreviation: BMT
  Meaning: bone marrow transplantation
• Abbreviation: BNO
  Meaning: bowel not open
• Abbreviation: BNP
  Meaning: brain natriuretic peptide
• Abbreviation: BO
  Meaning: bowel open
• Abbreviation: B/O
  Meaning: because of
• Abbreviation: BOA
  Meaning: born out of asepsis
• Abbreviation: BOI
  Meaning: born on island (i.e., a local patient)
• Abbreviation: BOM
  Meaning: bilateral otitis media
• Abbreviation: BOOP
  Meaning: bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
• Abbreviation: BP
  Meaning: blood pressure; bipolar disorder; British Pharmacopoeia
• Abbreviation: BPAD
  Meaning: bipolar affective disorder
• Abbreviation: BPD
  Meaning: biparietal diameter; borderline personality disorder; bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Abbreviation: BPH
  Meaning: benign prostatic hyperplasia aka benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Abbreviation: BPM
  Meaning: beats per minute
• Abbreviation: BPP
  Meaning: biophysical profile
• Abbreviation: BPPV
  Meaning: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
• Abbreviation: BR
  Meaning: bedrest; bathroom
• Abbreviation: BRA
  Meaning: bilateral renal agenesis
• Abbreviation: BRAT
  Meaning: The BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, (dry) toast (helps digestion in some GI disorders)[citation needed]
• Abbreviation: BRATY
  Meaning: another version of the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, (dry) toast, yogurt (helps digestion in some GI disorders)
• Abbreviation: BRB
  Meaning: bright red blood (color is important as an indicator of source, for example in gastrointestinal bleeding)
• Abbreviation: BRBPR
  Meaning: bright red blood per rectum
• Abbreviation: BRCA1 (gene); BRCA1 (protein)
  Meaning: breast cancer 1 (a human gene and its protein)
• Abbreviation: BRCA2 (gene); BRCA2 (protein)
  Meaning: breast cancer 2 (a human gene and its protein)
• Abbreviation: BRP
  Meaning: bathroom privileges
• Abbreviation: BS
  Meaning: breath; breath sound; bowel sounds on auscultation with stethoscope; blood sugar
• Abbreviation: BSA
  Meaning: body surface area
• Abbreviation: BSC
  Meaning: bedside commode
• Abbreviation: BSE
  Meaning: bovine spongiform encephalopathy; breast self-examination
• Abbreviation: BSL
  Meaning: blood sugar level
• Abbreviation: BSO
  Meaning: bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
• Abbreviation: BSP
  Meaning: bromsulphthalein
• Abbreviation: BT
  Meaning: bleeding time
• Abbreviation: BTL
  Meaning: bilateral tubal ligation
• Abbreviation: BTP
  Meaning: breakthrough pain
• Abbreviation: BUN
  Meaning: blood urea nitrogen
• Abbreviation: BV
  Meaning: bacterial vaginosis
• Abbreviation: BVP
  Meaning: biventricular pacing (see artificial pacemaker)
• Abbreviation: BW
  Meaning: blood work (blood tests); birth weight
• Abbreviation: Bx
  Meaning: biopsy
• Abbreviation: BZDs
  Meaning: benzodiazepines

• Abbreviation: c
  Meaning: (c with a bar over it) with (from Latin cum)
• Abbreviation: C
  Meaning: cytosine; cervical vertebrae
• Abbreviation: C1
  Meaning: atlas - first cervical vertebra of the spine
• Abbreviation: C2
  Meaning: axis - second cervical vertebra of the spine
• Abbreviation: C-section
  Meaning: cesarean section
• Abbreviation: CA
  Meaning: carcinoma; cancer
• Abbreviation: Ca
  Meaning: calcium; carcinoma; cancer
• Abbreviation: CABG
  Meaning: coronary artery bypass graft surgery (pronounced "cabbage")
• Abbreviation: CABP
  Meaning: coronary artery bypass procedure
• Abbreviation: CAD
  Meaning: coronary artery disease
• Abbreviation: CADASIL
  Meaning: cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
• Abbreviation: CAG
  Meaning: coronary artery graft; coronary angiography
• Abbreviation: CAGS
  Meaning: coronary artery graft surgery
• Abbreviation: cAMP
  Meaning: cyclic adenosine monophosphate
• Abbreviation: CAH
  Meaning: chronic active hepatitis; congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Abbreviation: CALLA
  Meaning: common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen
• Abbreviation: CAP
  Meaning: community acquired pneumonia
• Abbreviation: CAPD
  Meaning: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
• Abbreviation: CAO
  Meaning: conscious alert and oriented
• Abbreviation: CaOx
  Meaning: calcium oxalate
• Abbreviation: Caps
  Meaning: capsule
• Abbreviation: CAT / CT
  Meaning: computed axial tomography / computed tomography
• Abbreviation: Cath
  Meaning: catheter
• Abbreviation: CBC
  Meaning: complete blood count
• Abbreviation: CBC/DIFF
  Meaning: complete blood count/differential
• Abbreviation: CBD
  Meaning: common bile duct
• Abbreviation: CBE
  Meaning: clinical breast exam
• Abbreviation: CBS
  Meaning: chronic brain syndrome
• Abbreviation: CC; cc
  Meaning: cubic centimeter (use mL instead); chief complaint; cardiac catheter; carbon copy
• Abbreviation: CCCU
  Meaning: critical coronary care unit
• Abbreviation: CCE; C/C/E
  Meaning: clubbing, cyanosis, and edema (general signs of cardiovascular disease)
• Abbreviation: CCF
  Meaning: congestive cardiac failure
• Abbreviation: CCK
  Meaning: cholecystokinin
• Abbreviation: CCK-PZ
  Meaning: cholecystokinin-pancreozymin
• Abbreviation: CCP
  Meaning: cyclic citrullinated peptide
• Abbreviation: CCR
  Meaning: cardiocerebral resuscitation
• Abbreviation: CCU
  Meaning: coronary care unit; critical care unit
• Abbreviation: CD
  Meaning: Crohn's disease
• Abbreviation: CDH
  Meaning: congenital dislocated hip
• Abbreviation: CDI
  Meaning: central diabetes insipidus
• Abbreviation: CDMR
  Meaning: cesarean delivery on maternal request
• Abbreviation: CDP
  Meaning: cytosine diphosphate
• Abbreviation: CEA
  Meaning: carcinoembryonic antigen; carotid endarterectomy; cost-effectiveness analysis
• Abbreviation: CF
  Meaning: cystic fibrosis
• Abbreviation: CFA
  Meaning: colonization factor antigen
• Abbreviation: CFIDS
  Meaning: chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome
• Abbreviation: CFR
  Meaning: case fatality rate
• Abbreviation: CFS
  Meaning: chronic fatigue syndrome
• Abbreviation: CFTR
  Meaning: cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
• Abbreviation: CFU
  Meaning: colony forming unit
• Abbreviation: CGD
  Meaning: chronic granulomatous disease
• Abbreviation: cGMP
  Meaning: cyclic guanosine monophosphate
• Abbreviation: CGN
  Meaning: chronic glomerulonephritis
• Abbreviation: CH
  Meaning: congenital hypothyroidism
• Abbreviation: CHD
  Meaning: chronic heart disease; congenital heart disease
• Abbreviation: ChE
  Meaning: cholinesterase
• Abbreviation: CHEM-7
  Meaning: a group of blood tests, commonly called a basic metabolic panel (blood urea nitrogen, carbon dioxide, creatinine, glucose, serum chloride, serum potassium, serum sodium)
• Abbreviation: CHEM-20
  Meaning: a group of blood tests (albumin, alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, blood urea nitrogen, calcium - serum, serum chloride, carbon dioxide, creatinine, direct bilirubin, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, glucose test, lactate dehydrogenase, phosphorus - serum, potassium test, serum sodium, total bilirubin, total cholesterol, total protein, uric acid)
• Abbreviation: CHD
  Meaning: coronary heart disease
• Abbreviation: CHE
  Meaning: cholinesterase
• Abbreviation: CHF
  Meaning: congestive heart failure
• Abbreviation: CHO
  Meaning: carbohydrate
• Abbreviation: CHOP
  Meaning: cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin (a.k.a. hydroxydaunorubicin), vincristine(a.k.a. Oncovin), prednisone (chemotherapy regimen)
• Abbreviation: Chol
  Meaning: cholesterol
• Abbreviation: CHS
  Meaning: cannulated hip screw
• Abbreviation: CHT
  Meaning: congenital hypothyroidism
• Abbreviation: CI
  Meaning: confidence interval; cardiac index
• Abbreviation: CIB
  Meaning: cibus (food)
• Abbreviation: CICU
  Meaning: cardiac intensive care unit
• Abbreviation: CIDP
  Meaning: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• Abbreviation: CIN
  Meaning: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
• Abbreviation: Circ
  Meaning: circumcision; circulation
• Abbreviation: CIS
  Meaning: carcinoma in situ
• Abbreviation: CJD
  Meaning: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Abbreviation: CK
  Meaning: creatine kinase; creatinine phosphokinase (formerly CPK)
• Abbreviation: CKD
  Meaning: chronic kidney disease
• Abbreviation: CKMB
  Meaning: MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase
• Abbreviation: CLARE
  Meaning: contact lens acute red eye
• Abbreviation: CLL
  Meaning: chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Abbreviation: CM
  Meaning: Chirurgiae Magister, Master of Surgery (British and Commonwealth countries medical degree)
• Abbreviation: CM
  Meaning: Caucasian male
• Abbreviation: CMD
  Meaning: cystic medial degeneration
• Abbreviation: CME
  Meaning: continuing medical education
• Abbreviation: CML
  Meaning: chronic myelogenous leukemia, also called chronic myeloid leukaemia
• Abbreviation: CMML
  Meaning: chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
• Abbreviation: CMP
  Meaning: complete metabolic profile; cytosine monophosphate
• Abbreviation: CMS
  Meaning: chronic mountain sickness
• Abbreviation: CMT
  Meaning: cervical motion tenderness
• Abbreviation: CMV
  Meaning: cytomegalovirus
• Abbreviation: CN
  Meaning: cranial nerves
• Abbreviation: CNS
  Meaning: central nervous system; Crigler-Najjar syndrome
• Abbreviation: C/O
  Meaning: complains of...
• Abbreviation: CO
  Meaning: cardiac output; carbon monoxide; complains of...
• Abbreviation: COAD
  Meaning: chronic obstructive airways disease
• Abbreviation: COCP
  Meaning: combined oral contraceptive pill
• Abbreviation: COH
  Meaning: controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
• Abbreviation: COLD
  Meaning: chronic obstructive lung disease
• Abbreviation: Comp
  Meaning: compound
• Abbreviation: Conj
  Meaning: conjunctiva
• Abbreviation: COP
  Meaning: cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis
• Abbreviation: COPD
  Meaning: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Abbreviation: CO2
  Meaning: carbon dioxide
• Abbreviation: COX-1
  Meaning: cyclooxygenase 1
• Abbreviation: COX-2
  Meaning: cyclooxygenase 2
• Abbreviation: COX-3
  Meaning: cyclooxygenase 3
• Abbreviation: CP
  Meaning: cerebral palsy; chest pain
• Abbreviation: CPAP
  Meaning: continuous positive airway pressure
• Abbreviation: CPC
  Meaning: clinical pathological conference
• Abbreviation: CPD
  Meaning: cephalopelvic disproportion
• Abbreviation: CPE
  Meaning: Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin
• Abbreviation: CPK
  Meaning: creatine phosphokinase
• Abbreviation: CPKMB
  Meaning: creatine phosphokinase heart
• Abbreviation: CPP
  Meaning: cerebral perfusion pressure
• Abbreviation: CPPD
  Meaning: calcium pyrophosphate
• Abbreviation: CPR
  Meaning: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Abbreviation: CPT
  Meaning: Current Procedural Terminology
• Abbreviation: CR
  Meaning: complete remission
• Abbreviation: Cr
  Meaning: creatinine
• Abbreviation: CrCl
  Meaning: creatinine clearance
  (Note: Looks similar to, but does not mean, the chromium chlorides—CrCl2, CrCl3, CrCl4)
• Abbreviation: Creat
  Meaning: creatinine
• Abbreviation: CREST
  Meaning: calcinosis, Raynaud esophagus, sclerosis, teleangiectasiae
• Abbreviation: CRF
  Meaning: chronic renal failure; corticotropin-releasing factor
• Abbreviation: CrGN
  Meaning: crescentic glomerulonephritis
• Abbreviation: CRH
  Meaning: corticotropin-releasing hormone
• Abbreviation: CRI
  Meaning: chronic renal insufficiency
• Abbreviation: Crit
  Meaning: hematocrit
• Abbreviation: CRL
  Meaning: crown to rump length
• Abbreviation: CRP
  Meaning: C-reactive protein
• Abbreviation: CRS
  Meaning: congenital rubella syndrome
• Abbreviation: CRT
  Meaning: cardiac resynchronization therapy (artificial pacemaker)
• Abbreviation: CS
  Meaning: Caesarean section; culture sensitivity; Churg-Strauss syndrome
• Abbreviation: C/S
  Meaning: Caesarean section
• Abbreviation: C&S
  Meaning: culture and sensitivity (antibiogram)
• Abbreviation: C-spine
  Meaning: cervical spine
• Abbreviation: CsA
  Meaning: cyclosporin A
• Abbreviation: CSF
  Meaning: cerebrospinal fluid; colony stimulating factor
• Abbreviation: CST
  Meaning: contraction stress test
• Abbreviation: CT
  Meaning: computed tomography
• Abbreviation: CTA
  Meaning: clear to auscultation; computed tomography angiography
• Abbreviation: CTP
  Meaning: cytosine triphosphate; cytidine triphosphate; Child-Turcotte-Pugh score
• Abbreviation: CTS
  Meaning: computed tomography scan; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Abbreviation: CTU
  Meaning: cancer treatment unit
• Abbreviation: CTX
  Meaning: ceftriaxone (a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic); contractions
• Abbreviation: CUC
  Meaning: chronic ulcerative colitis
• Abbreviation: CV
  Meaning: cardiovascular
• Abbreviation: CVA
  Meaning: cerebrovascular accident; costovertebral angle
• Abbreviation: CVAT
  Meaning: costovertebral angle tenderness
• Abbreviation: CVC
  Meaning: central venous catheter; chronic venous congestion
• Abbreviation: CVD
  Meaning: cardiovascular disease
• Abbreviation: CVI
  Meaning: cerebrovascular incident
• Abbreviation: CVP
  Meaning: central venous pressure
• Abbreviation: CVS
  Meaning: chorionic villus sampling
• Abbreviation: cardiovascular system
• Abbreviation: CVID
  Meaning: common variable immunodeficiency
• Abbreviation: c/w
  Meaning: consistent with
• Abbreviation: CWP
  Meaning: coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Abbreviation: Cx
  Meaning: microbiological culture
• Abbreviation: Cx
  Meaning: cervix
• Abbreviation: CXR
  Meaning: chest x-ray

• Abbreviation: DS
  Meaning: diagnosis
• Abbreviation: D5
  Meaning: 5% dextrose
• Abbreviation: D25
  Meaning: 25% dextrose injections
• Abbreviation: D4T
  Meaning: stavudine
• Abbreviation: D5W
  Meaning: 5% dextrose in water - IV fluids for intravenous therapy
• Abbreviation: d
  Meaning: day(s)
• Abbreviation: DA
  Meaning: dopamine
• Abbreviation: DAEC
  Meaning: diffusely adherent Escherichia coli
• Abbreviation: DAF
  Meaning: decay accelerating factor
• Abbreviation: DAI
  Meaning: diffuse axonal injury
• Abbreviation: DALY
  Meaning: disability-adjusted life year
• Abbreviation: DBP
  Meaning: diastolic blood pressure
• Abbreviation: DBS
  Meaning: deep brain stimulation
• Abbreviation: D&C
  Meaning: dilatation and curettage
• Abbreviation: D/C
  Meaning: discharge; discontinue
• Abbreviation: D&E
  Meaning: dilation and evacuation
• Abbreviation: DCBE
  Meaning: double contrast barium enema
• Abbreviation: DCD
  Meaning: donation after cardiac death
• Abbreviation: DCCV
  Meaning: direct current cardioversion
• Abbreviation: DCIS
  Meaning: ductal carcinoma in situ
• Abbreviation: DCM
  Meaning: dilated cardiomyopathy
• Abbreviation: DD
  Meaning: differential diagnosis
• Abbreviation: DDAVP
  Meaning: desmopressin acetate
• Abbreviation: DDC
  Meaning: zalcitabine
• Abbreviation: DDD
  Meaning: daily defined doses
• Abbreviation: DDH
  Meaning: developmental hip dysplasia
• Abbreviation: DDI
  Meaning: didanosine
• Abbreviation: DDx
  Meaning: differential diagnosis
• Abbreviation: D&E
  Meaning: dilatation and evacuation
• Abbreviation: DES
  Meaning: diethylstilbestrol
• Abbreviation: DEXA
  Meaning: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
• Abbreviation: DH
  Meaning: developmental history
• Abbreviation: DHE
  Meaning: dihydroergotamine
• Abbreviation: DHEA-S
  Meaning: dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate
• Abbreviation: DHF
  Meaning: decompensated heart failure
• Abbreviation: DHR
  Meaning: dihydrorhodamine
• Abbreviation: DHT
  Meaning: dihydrotestosterone
• Abbreviation: DI
  Meaning: diabetes insipidus
• Abbreviation: DIB
  Meaning: dead in bed; difficulty in breathing
• Abbreviation: DIC
  Meaning: disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Abbreviation: Di-Di
  Meaning: dichromatic diamnionic twins
• Abbreviation: DIL
  Meaning: drug-induced lupus
• Abbreviation: DILI
  Meaning: drug-induced liver injury
• Abbreviation: DIP
  Meaning: distal interphalangeal joint
• Abbreviation: DiPerTe
  Meaning: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (combined vaccination)
• Abbreviation: Dis
  Meaning: dislocation
• Abbreviation: Disch
  Meaning: discharge
• Abbreviation: DiTe
  Meaning: diphtheria-tetanus (combined vaccination)
• Abbreviation: DIU
  Meaning: death in utero (stillbirth)
• Abbreviation: DJD
  Meaning: degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis)
• Abbreviation: DKA
  Meaning: diabetic ketoacidosis
• Abbreviation: dl
  Meaning: deciliter
• Abbreviation: dL
  Meaning: deciliter
• Abbreviation: DLB
  Meaning: Lewy body dementia
• Abbreviation: DLCO
  Meaning: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide
• Abbreviation: DLE
  Meaning: disseminated lupus erythematosus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
• Abbreviation: DM
  Meaning: diabetes mellitus
• Abbreviation: DMARD
  Meaning: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
• Abbreviation: DMD
  Meaning: Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dentariae Medicinae Doctor, (Doctor of Dental Medicine)
• Abbreviation: DMPA
  Meaning: depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
• Abbreviation: DMSA
  Meaning: dimercaptosuccinic acid
• Abbreviation: DMT
  Meaning: dimethyltryptamine
• Abbreviation: DNA
  Meaning: deoxyribonucleic acid
• Abbreviation: DNI
  Meaning: do not intubate
• Abbreviation: DNR
  Meaning: do not resuscitate
• Abbreviation: DNAR
  Meaning: do not attempt resuscitation
• Abbreviation: D/O
  Meaning: died of, disorder
• Abbreviation: DOA
  Meaning: dead on arrival; drugs of abuse
• Abbreviation: DOB
  Meaning: difficulty of breathing
• Abbreviation: DOE
  Meaning: dyspnea on exertion
• Abbreviation: DOL
  Meaning: day of life
• Abbreviation: DOSS
  Meaning: docusate sodium; from the chemical name dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
• Abbreviation: DP
  Meaning: dorsalis pedis
• Abbreviation: DPH
  Meaning: diphenylhydantoin
• Abbreviation: DPL
  Meaning: diagnostic peritoneal lavage
• Abbreviation: DPT
  Meaning: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT vaccine)
• Abbreviation: DRPLA
  Meaning: Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy
• Abbreviation: DRT
  Meaning: dead right there
• Abbreviation: DS
  Meaning: disease
• Abbreviation: DS
  Meaning: Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
• Abbreviation: DSA
  Meaning: digital subtraction angiography
• Abbreviation: DSD
  Meaning: dry sterile dressing
• Abbreviation: Dsg
  Meaning: dressing
• Abbreviation: DSM
  Meaning: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Abbreviation: dsRNA
  Meaning: double-stranded RNA
• Abbreviation: DT
  Meaning: diphtheria-tetanus (combined vaccination); delirium tremens
• Abbreviation: DTA
  Meaning: descending thoracic aorta
• Abbreviation: DTaP
  Meaning: diphtheria–tetanus–acellular pertussis (combined vaccination)
• Abbreviation: DTP
  Meaning: diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (combined vaccination)
• Abbreviation: DTR
  Meaning: deep tendon reflex
• Abbreviation: DTs
  Meaning: delirium tremens
• Abbreviation: DU
  Meaning: duodenal ulcer (see peptic ulcer)
• Abbreviation: DUB
  Meaning: dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Abbreviation: DVT
  Meaning: deep vein thrombosis
• Abbreviation: DW
  Meaning: dextrose in water
• Abbreviation: D5W
  Meaning: 5% dextrose in water
• Abbreviation: DX; Dx; dx
  Meaning: diagnosis
• Abbreviation: DZ
  Meaning: disease

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