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DM: diabetes mellitus, Dermatomyositis: DM2: Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM). DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug: DMD: Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dentariae Medicinae Doctor, that is, Doctor of Dental Medicine: DME: durable medical equipment: DMPA: depot medroxyprogesterone acetate ...
DM Diabetes mellitus: DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy: DP Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus: DRSP disease Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease DS Down syndrome: DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome: DTs Delirium tremens: DVD Developmental ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
DM, 2017, by Mexican singer Dulce María "DM" (song), 2022, by fromis_9; Dance marathon, a multiple-day charity event on U.S. college campuses; Depeche Mode, an English synthpop band formed in 1980; Drum major (marching band), the leader of a marching band; Death Metal, an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) -iasis: condition, formation, or presence of Latin -iasis, pathological condition or process; from Greek ἴασις (íasis), cure, repair, mend mydriasis: iatr(o)-of or pertaining to medicine or a physician (uncommon as a prefix but common as a suffix; see -iatry)
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine DACVIM Used by veterinary internal medicine specialists who have completed a post-doctoral internship and an accredited residency program. [83] There are six concentrations that can be pursued: Cardiology; Small animal internal medicine; Large animal internal medicine; Neurology ...
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).