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- DLaI distolabioincisal
- DLaP distolabiopulpal
- DL&B direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy
- DLBD diffuse Lewy body disease
- DLC Dental Laboratory Conference; differential leukocyte count; dual-lumen catheter
- DLCL diffuse large cell lymphoma
- DLCO, DLCO carbon monoxide diffusion in the lung
- DLCO2 carbon dioxide diffusion in the lungs
- DLCOSB single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lungs
- DLCOSS steady-state carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lungs
- DLD dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase
- dld D-lactate dehydrogenase [gene]
- D-LDH D-lactate dehydrogenase
- DLE delayed light emission; dialyzable leukocyte extract; discoid lupus erythematosus; disseminated lupus erythematosus
- D1LE diagonal 1 lower extremity
- D2LE diagonal 2 lower extremity
- DLF Disabled Living Foundation; dorsolateral funiculus
- DLG distolingual groove
- Dlg, dlg disc large
- Dlg-R disc large related
- DLI Digital Libraries Initiative; distolinguoincisal; donor lymphocyte infusion; double label index
- DLIS digoxin-like immunoreactive substance
- DLK diffuse lamellar keratitis
- DLL dihomo-gammalinoleic acid; dynamic link library
- DLLI dulcitol lysine lactose iron
- DLMD Duchenne-like muscular dystrophy
- DLMP date of last menstrual period
- DLN draining lymph nodes
- DLNMP date of last normal menstrual period
- DLO Diploma in Laryngology and Otology; distolinguo-occlusal
- DLO2 diffusing capacity of the lungs for oxygen
- DLP delipidized serum protein; direct linear plotting; dislocation of patella; distolinguopulpal; dysharmonic luteal phase
- DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- DLR digital luminescence radiography
- D/LR dextrose in lactated Ringer solution
- D5LR dextrose in 5% lactated Ringer solution
- DLST dihydrolipoamide S-succinyltransferase
- DLT digital library technology; dihydroepiandrosterone loading test; direct linear transformation; dose-limiting toxicity; double-lumen endotracheal tube; double lung transplantation
- DLV defective leukemia virus; delavirdine
- DLW dry lung weight
- DM defined medium; dermatomyositis; Descemet's membrane; design manager [database module]; dextromaltose; dextromethorphan; diabetes mellitus; diabetic mother; diastolic murmur; differentiation medium; diphenylaminearsine; distal metastases; dopamine; dorsomedial; double minute [chromosome]; duodenal mucosa; dry matter; dystrophia myotonica
- DM membrane component of diffusion
- dm decimeter; diabetes mellitus; dorsomedial
- dm2 square decimeter
- dm3 cubic decimeter
- DMA department of medical assistance; dimethylamine; dimethylaniline; dimethylarginine; dimethylarsinic acid; direct memory access; director of medical affairs; distributed multiple analysis
- dMA dominant motor area
- DMAA dimethylarsinic acid
- DMAB dimethylaminobenzaldehyde
- DMAC N,N-dimethylacetamide; disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex
- DMAD dimethylaminodiphosphate
- DMAE dimethylaminoethanol
- DMAEM, DMAEMA N,N´-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate
- DMAP dimethylaminophenol; dimethylaminopyridine
- DMAPN dimethylaminopropionitrile
- DMARD disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug
- Dmax maximum denaturation; maximum diameter; maximum dose
- DMB diffuse microvascular bleeding; diffusional microburet
- DMBA 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
- DMC demeclocycline; di(p-chlorophenyl) methylcarbinol; direct microscopic count; duration of muscle contraction; Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen [syndrome]
- DMCC direct microscopic clump count
- DMCL dimethylclomipramine
- DMCO Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes
- DMCS Diagnostic Marker Cooperative Study
- DMCT, DMCTC dimethylchlortetracycline
- DMD disease-modifying drug; Doctor of Dental Medicine; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; dystonia musculorum deformans
- DMD/BMD Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy
- DMDC 2´-deoxy-2´-methylidenecytidine; dimethyldithiocarbamate
- DMDT dimethoxydiphenyl trichloroethane
- DMDZ desmethyldiazepam
- DME degenerative myoclonus epilepsy; dimethyl diester; dimethyl ether; diphasic meningoencephalitis; direct medical education; director of medical education; Division of Medical Education [AAMC]; dropping mercury electrode; drug-metabolizing enzyme; Dulbecco modified Eagle [medium]; durable medical equipment
- DMEM Dulbecco modified Eagle medium
- DMF decayed, missing, and filled [teeth]; dimethyl fluoride; N,N-dimethylformamide; diphasic milk fever
- DmFb dermal fibroblast
- DMFT decayed, missing, and filled teeth
- DMG dimethylglycine
- DMGBL dimethyl-gammabutyrolactone
- DMGT deoxyribonucleic acid-mediated gene transfer
- DMH diffuse mesangial hypercellularity; 1,2-dimethylhydrazine; dorsal medial hypothalamic [nucleus]
- DMHD dimenhydrinate
- DMI Defense Mechanism Inventory; Diagnostic Medical Instruments; diaphragmatic myocardial infarction; direct migration inhibition
- DMID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [NIH]
- DMIM Defense Medical Information Management
- Dmin minimum diameter
- dmin double minute
- DMIS Defense Medical Information System
- DMJ Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence
- DMKA diabetes mellitus ketoacidosis
- DMKase deoxynucleoside monophosphate kinase
- DML data manipulation language; distal motor latency
- DMLP Dutch Medical Language Processor
- DMM dimethylmyleran; disproportionate micromelia
- DMN desmuslin; dimethylnitrosamine; dorsal motor nucleus; dysplastic melanocytic nevus
- DMNA dimethylnitrosamine
- DMNL dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus lesion
- DMNX dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve
- DMO 5,5-dimethyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione (dimethadione)
- Dmo2 membrane diffusing capacity for oxygen
- DMOA diabetes mellitus-optic atrophy [syndrome]
- DMOD disease model
- DMOOC diabetes mellitus out of control
- DMP data map publication; diabetes mellitus program; diffuse mesangial proliferation; dimercaprol; dimethylphthalate
- DMPA depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
- DMPC dimyristyl phosphatidyl choline
- DMPE, DMPEA 3,4-dimethoxyphenylethylamine
- DMPP dimethylphenylpiperazinium
- DMPS dysmyelopoietic syndrome
- DMPTU dimethylphenylthiourea
- DMR depolarizing muscle relaxant; differentially methylated region; Diploma in Medical Radiology; direct myocardial revascularization; distributed medical record; dose monitoring rate
- DM-R decayed plus missing teeth, minus replaced teeth
- DMRD Diploma in Medical RadioDiagnosis
- DMRE Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology
- DMRF dorsal medullary reticular formation
- dMRI diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging
- 3D-MRI 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging
- DMRT Diploma in Medical Radio Therapy
- DMS delayed match-to-sample; delayed microembolism syndrome; demarcation membrane system; department of medicine and surgery; dermatomyositis; diagnostic medical sonographer; diffuse mesangial sclerosis; dimethylsulfate; dimethylsulfoxide; Doctor of Medical Science; drug misuse statistics; dysmyelopoietic syndrome
- DMSA dimercaptosuccinic acid; dimethylsuccinic acid; disodium monomethanearsonate
- DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
- DMSS data mining surveillance system
- DMT dermatophytosis; [3-(2-dimethylamino)ethyl]indole; N,N-dimethyltryptamine; District Management Team; Doctor of Medical Technology; dynamometer muscle testing
- DMTU dimethylthiourea
- DMU dimethanolurea; dual method of use
- DMV diurnal mood variations; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve; dwarf mosaic virus
- DMWP distal mean wave pressure
- DN Deiter's nucleus; dextrose-nitrogen; diabetic neuropathy; dibucaine number; dicrotic notch; DiFrancesco-Noble [equation]; dinitrocresol; Diploma in Nursing; Diploma in Nutrition; District Nurse; Doctor of Nursing; dominant-negative; do not [resuscitate]; duodenum
- D/N dextrose/nitrogen [ratio]
- D&N distance and near [vision]
- Dn dekanem
- dn decinem
- DNA deoxyribonucleic acid; did not answer
- DNA DSB DNA double-strand break
- DNAP DNA phosphorus
- DNA-PK DNA-protein kinase
- DNAR do not attempt resuscitation
- DNASE, DNAse, DNase deoxyribonuclease
- DNB dinitrobenzene; Diplomate of the National Board [of Medical Examiners]; dorsal nonadrenergic bundle
- DNBP dinitrobutylphenol
- DNBS 2,4-dinitrobenzene sulfonate
- DNC did not come; dinitrocarbanilide; dinitrocresol; Disaster Nursing Chairman
- DNCB dinitrochlorobenzene
- DNCM cytoplasmic membrane-associated deoxyribonucleic acid
- DND died a natural death; Drugs for Neglected Diseases [Medicins Sans Frontieres]
- DNE Director of Nursing Education; Doctor of Nursing Education
- DNET dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor
- DNF distinctive normal form system [Boolean logic]
- DNFB dinitrofluorobenzene
- DNH do-not-hospitalize [order]
- DNIC diffuse noxious inhibitory control
- DNK did not keep [appointment]
- DNKA did not keep appointment
- DNLL dorsal nucleus of lateral lemniscus
- dNMP deoxynucleotide monophosphate
- 1D NMR one-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance
- 2D NMR two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance
- DNMS delayed nonmatch-to-sample; Director of Naval Medical Services
- DNMT deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferase
- Dnmt DNA methyltransferase gene
- DNO District Nursing Officer
- DNOC dinitroorthocresol
- DNP deoxyribonucleoprotein; dinitrophenol; dinitropyrene; dynamic nuclear polarization
- 2,4-DNP 2,4-dinitrophenol
- DNPH dinitrophenylhydrazine
- DNPM dinitrophenol-morphine
- DNQX 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione
- DNR daunorubicin; do not resuscitate; dorsal nerve root
- DNS deviated nasal septum; diaphragmatic nerve stimulation; did not show [for appointment]; Dietitians in Nutrition Support; Doctor of Nursing Services; domain name system [electronic mail addressing system]; dysplastic nevus syndrome
- D/NS dextrose in normal saline [solution]
- D5NS 5% dextrose in normal saline [solution]
- D5NSS 5% dextrose in normal saline solution
- DNT dermonecrotic toxin; did not test; 2,4-dinitrotoluene; dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor
- DNTM disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial [infection]
- dNTP deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate
- DNTT terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase
- DNV densovirus; dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve; double-normalized value
- DO diamine oxidase; digoxin; Diploma in Ophthalmology; Diploma in Osteopathy; directly observed; dissolved oxygen; disto-occlusal; distraction osteogenesis; Doctor of Ophthalmology; Doctor of Optometry; Doctor of Osteopathy; doctor's orders; drugs only
- DO oxygen diffusion
- DO2 oxygen delivery
- DOA date of admission; dead on arrival; Department of Agriculture; depth of anesthesia; differential optical absorption; dominant optic atrophy
- DOAC Dubois oleic albumin complex
- DOB date of birth; 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromophenyl)-2-aminopropane; doctor's order book
- Dob dobutamine
- DObstRCOG Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- DOBV Dobrava-Belgrade virus; double outlet both ventricles
- DOC date of conception; deoxycholate; deoxycorticosterone; diagnostically operative causal [graph]; died of other causes; disorders of cornification; dissolved organic carbon; distributed object computing; doctor on call; Doctors Ought to Care [project]
- doc doctor; document, documentation
- DOCA deoxycorticosterone acetate
- DOCG deoxycorticosterone glucoside
- DOCLINE Documents On-Line
- DO2crit critical oxygen delivery
- DOCS deoxycorticosteroids
- DOcSc Doctor of Ocular Science
- DOCUSER Document Delivery User [NLM database]
- DOD date of death; dementia syndrome of depression; depth of discharge; Dictionary of Organic Compounds [database]; died of disease; dissolved oxygen deficit
- DoD Department of Defense
- DoDCPR Department of Defense computerized patient record
- DOE date of examination; desoxyephedrine; direct observation evaluation; dyspnea on exertion
- DOES disorders of excessive sleepiness
- DOF, dof degree of freedom
- DOFCOSY double-quantum filtered correlated spectroscopy