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GBS disease Group B Streptococcal disease: GCE Glycine encephalopathy: GD Gestational diabetes: GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease: GI Gastrointestinal: GIB Gastrointestinal bleeding: GN Glossopharyngeal neuralgia: GORD Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: GSS disease Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease: GT/LD Gifted and learning ...
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders List of fictional diseases , diseases found only in works of fiction. Airborne disease , a disease that spreads through the air.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neurone disease ('MND), Lou Gehrig's disease or Charcot disease advanced life support: ALT: alanine transaminase: altern. d. every other day (from Latin alterno die) AMA: advanced maternal age (often defined as 35 years or greater) against medical advice antimitochondrial antibody American ...
Hodgkin disease Hemodialysis Huntington's disease: HDL: high-density lipoprotein: HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol HDN: hemolytic disease of the newborn: HDS: hemodynamically stable (i.e., not bleeding) HDU: high dependency unit: HDV: hepatitis D virus: HDW: Hemoglobin Distribution Width: H&E: hematoxylin and eosin, a standard tissue ...
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal ...
diffuse parenchymal lung disease: DPM: Doctor of Podiatric Medicine: DPT: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT vaccine) DRE: Digital Rectal ExaminationDilated Retinal Exam DRPLA: Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy: DRT: dead right there DS: disease Down syndrome (trisomy 21) diopters sphere DSA: digital subtraction angiography Donor specific ...
motor neurone disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig's disease or Charcot disease: MOB: mother of baby mod: moderate; modified: MODY: maturity onset diabetes of the young: Mo: monocytes: MoM: multiples of the median MOM: milk of magnesia: Mono-Di: monochorionic-diamniotic twins Mono-Mono: monochorionic ...