Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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DHg Doctor of Hygiene
DHGG deaggregated human gammaglobulin
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DHI Dental Health International; dihydroxyindole
DHIA dehydroisoandrosterol
DHIAP Defense Healthcare Information Assurance Program
DHIC dihydroisocodeine
DHICA 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid
DHIS distributed healthcare information system; district health information system; Duke Hospital Information System
DHL diffuse histiocytic lymphoma
DHLA haloalkane dehalogenase
DHLD dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase
DHM dihydromorphine
DHMA 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid
DHMO dental health maintenance organization
DHO dihydro-orotate
dH₂O distilled water
DHODH dihydro-orotate dehydrogenase
DHOV Dhori virus
DHP dehydrogenated polymer; dihydroprogesterone; 1,4-dihydropyridine; dual heuristic programming
DHPA dihydroxypropyl adenine
DHPCCB dihydropyrimidine calcium channel blocker
DHPDH dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
DHPG dihydroxyphenylglycol; dihydroxypropoxymethylguanine
DHPR dihydropteridine reductase
DHR delayed hypersensitivity reaction; Department of Human Resources; disc-large homologous region
DHS delayed hypersensitivity; demographic and health survey; diabetic hyperosmolar state; document handling system; duration of hospital stay; dynamic hip screw
D-5-HS 5% dextrose in Harman's solution
DHSM dihydrostreptomycin
DHSS Department of Health and Social Security; dihydrostreptomycin sulfate
DHT dehydrotestosterone; dihydroergotoxine; dihydrotachysterol; dihydrotestosterone; dihydrothymine; dihydroxytryptamine; discrete Hartley transform
5,7-DHT 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine
DHTP dihydrotestosterone propionate
DHTR dihydrotestosterone receptor
DHU dihydroxyuracil
DHUA Division of Health and Utilization Analysis
DHV duck hepatitis virus
DHy, DHyg Doctor of Hygiene
DHZ dihydralazine
DI date of injury; date interviewed; defective interfering [particle]; dental index; dental informatics; dentinogenesis imperfecta; deoxyribonucleic acid index; depression inventory; desorption ionization; deterioration index; detrusor instability; diabetes insipidus; diagnostic imaging; dialyzed iron; diastolic interval; disability insurance; dispensing information; disto-incisal; document index; donor insemination; dorso-iliac; dose intensity; double indemnity; drug information; drug injection; drug interactions; duct injection; dyskaryosis index
3DI three-dimensional imaging
5´DI 5´-deiodinase
DIA depolarization-induced automaticity; diabetes; diaphorase; diazepam; Drug Information Association
DiA Diego antigen
dia diakinesis; diathermy
diab diabetes, diabetic
DIACOMP Diabetes Complications [study]
DiaComp diabetes computer-aided [management]
DIAG diagnostic procedure [UMLS]
Diag diagnosis
diag diagonal; diagnosis; diagram
diam diameter
DIAMOND Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide
DIAMOND-CHF Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide in Congestive Heart Failure
DIAMOND-MI Danish Investigation of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide in Myocardial Infarction
diaph diaphragm
dias diastole, diastolic
diath diathermy
DIB diagnostic interview for borderlines; difficulty in breathing; disability insurance benefits; dot immunobinding; duodenoileal bypass
DIBAL diisobutylaluminum
diBr-HQ 5,7-dibromo-8-hydroxy-quinidine
DIC dicarbazine; differential interference contrast microscopy; diffuse intravascular coagulation; direct isotope cystography; disseminated intravascular coagulation; drip infusion cholangiography; drug information center
dic dicentric [chromosome]
DICA diagnostic interview of children and adolescents
DICD dispersion-induced circular dichroism
DICO diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide
DICOM digital imaging and communication in medicine
DICOM-RT digital image communications in medicine-radiation therapy
DICPM distributed information, computation, and process management
DID dead of intercurrent disease; Dictionary of Drugs [database]; dissociative identity disorder; double immunodiffusion
DIDA diethyl iminodiacetic acid
DIDD dense intramembranous deposit disease
DiDi Diltiazem in Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]
DIDMOA diabetes insipidus-diabetes mellitus-optic atrophy [syndrome]
DIDMOAD diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness [syndrome]
DIDS 4,4´diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2-disulfonate
DIE died in emergency department; difference in electronegativity
DIEA diisopropylethylamine
diEMG diaphragmatic electromyography
DIEP deep inferior epigastric perforator
DIET Dietary Intervention: Evaluation of Technology [study]
DIEV Dicentrarchus labrax encephalitis virus
DIF diffuse interstitial fibrosis; direct immunofluorescence; dose increase factor
DIFF, diff difference, differential; diffusion
diff diagn differential diagnosis
DIFP diffuse interstitial fibrosing pneumonitis; diisopropyl fluorophosphonate
dif-PIPE diffuse persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema
DIG digitalis; Digitalis Investigation Group; digoxigenin; digoxin; drug-induced galactorrhea
dig digitalis; digoxigenin; digoxin
DIGAF Digoxin in Atrial Fibrillation [study]
DIGAMI Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Glucose Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction [study]
DIH digoxin-induced hyperkalemia; Diploma in Industrial Health
DIHE drug-induced hepatic encephalopathy
diHETE dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid
DIHPPA di-iodohydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
DII dynamic invocation interface [computer-assisted surgery]
D_ii input delay
DiIV Diadegma interruptum ichnovirus
D_ij transfer delay
DIL Dilantin; drug-induced lupus [erythematosus]
Dil Dilantin; dilatation, dilated; drug-induced lupus [erythematosus]
dil dilute, diluted, dilution
dilat dilatation
DILCACOMP Diltiazem Captopril Comparative Study
DILD diffuse infiltrative lung disease; diffuse interstitial lung disease
DILDURANG Diltiazem Duration in Angina [study]
DILE drug-induced lupus erythematosus
DILPLACOMP Diltiazem Placebo Comparative Trial
DILS diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome
DIM divalent ion metabolism; domain information model; median infective dose [Lat. dosis infectionis media]
dim dimension; diminished
DiMe [childhood] Diabetes Mellitus [in Finland]
DIMFP differential inverse mean free path
DIMIT 3,5-dimethyl-3´-isopropyl-L-thyronine
DIMOAD diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness
DIMS disorder in initiating and maintaining sleep
DIMSE DICOM message service element
DIMT Dutch Ibopamine Multicenter Trial
DIN damage inducible [gene]; digital imaging network; ductal intraepithelial neoplasia
din damage inducible [gene]
DIN/PACS digital imaging network/picture archiving communications system
DIP desquamative interstitial pneumonitis; diffuse interstitial pneumonitis; digital imaging processing; diisopropylamine; diisopropyl phosphate; diphtheria; distal interphalangeal; drip infusion pyelogram; dual-in-line package; dynamic integral proctography
Dip diplomate
dip diploid; diplotene
DIPA diisopropylamine
DIPAP Dipyridamole in Peripheral Arteriopathy [study]
DipBact Diploma in Bacteriology
DIPC diffuse interstitial pulmonary calcification
DipChem Diploma in Chemistry
DipClinPath Diploma in Clinical Pathology
DIPF diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis; diisopropylphosphofluoridate
diph diphtheria
diph-tet diphtheria-tetanus [toxoid]
diph-tox AP alum precipitated diphtheria toxoid
DIPI defective interfering particle induction
DIPJ distal interphalangeal joint
DIPPER distributed Internet protocol performance [test system]
DIPS-PCR detection of integrated papillomavirus sequences by polymerase chain reaction
Dipy dipyridamole
DIR double isomorphous replacement
Dir, dir direction, directions; director
DIRD drug-induced renal disease
DIRECT Diabetes Intervention: Reaching and Educating Communities Together; Direct Myocardial Revascularization in Regeneration of Endomyocardial Channels Trial
DIRLINE Directory of Information Resources Online [NLM database]
DIRS Dutch Invasive Reperfusion Study
DIS Department of Information Services; departmental information system; Diagnostic Interview Schedule; Diagnostic Interview Survey; draft international standard; drug information system
DI-S debris index, simplified
dis disability, disabled; disease; dislocation; distal; distance
DISC Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; Dietary Intervention Study in Children; digital interchange standards for cardiology
disc discontinue
disch discharge, discharged
DISC-HSV disabled infectious single-cycle herpes simplex virus
dis eval disability evaluation
DISF-SR Derogatis Interview for Sexual Functioning - Short Report
DISH Dietary Intervention Study of Hypertension; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; disseminated idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
DISI dorsal intercalated segment instability
DISIDA diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid
disinfect disinfection
disl, disloc dislocation, dislocated
disod disodium
disp dispensary, dispense
DISS disease or syndrome [UMLS]; distributed image spreadsheet
diss dissolve, dissolved
dissem disseminated, dissemination
DIST Dutch Iliac Stent Trial
dist distal; distance; distill, distillation, distilled; distribution; disturbance, disturbed
DISTRESS Dispatch Stent Restenosis Study
DIT deferoxamine infusion test; defining issues test; diet-induced thermogenesis; diiodotyrosine; drug-induced thrombocytopenia
dit dictyate
dITP deoxyinosine triphosphate
D_iv intravenous dose
div divergence, divergent; divide, divided, division
DIVBC disseminated intravascular blood coagulation
DIVC disseminated intravascular coagulation
DJ duodenal juice
DJD degenerative joint disease
DJJ duodenojejunal junction
DJOA dominant juvenile optic atrophy
DJS Dubin-Johnson syndrome
DK dark; decay; diabetic ketoacidosis; diet kitchen; diseased kidney; dog kidney [cells]
dk deka
dk- deka- [10¹]
DKA diabetic ketoacidosis
DKB deep knee bends
DKC dyskeratosis congenita
dkg dekagram
DKI dextrose potassium insulin
DKIE decontaminating kit, individual equipment
dkl decaliter
dkm dekameter
DKP dikalium phosphate
DKS Damus-Kaye-Stansel [anastomosis]
DKTC dog kidney tissue culture
DKV deer kidney virus
DL danger list; data language; deep lobe; De Lee [catheter]; description language; description logic; developmental level; diagnostic laparoscopy; difference limen; digital library; dipole layer; direct laryngoscopy; disabled list; dissimilarity level; distolingual; equimolecular mixture of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory enantiomorphs; lethal dose [L. dosis lethalis]; lung diffusion [capacity]
DL, D-L Donath-Landsteiner [antibody]
D_L diffusing capacity of the lungs
dl deciliter
D_LA diameter of left atrium
DLa distolabial