Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• DOFISK  Dose Finding of Streptokinase [trial]
• DOFOS  disturbance of function occlusion syndrome
• DOG  deoxyglucose; derivative of gaussian [function]; difference of gaussians; distraction osteogenesis
• DoG  difference of gaussians
• DOH, DoH  department of health
• DOHyg  Diploma in Occupational Hygiene
• DOI  date of injury; died of injuries; digital object identifier; document object identifier
• DO₂I  oxygen delivery index
• DOIA  Dermatological Online Atlas
• Dol  dolichol
• dol  pain [Lat. dolor]
• DOLLS  [Lee] double-loop locking suture
• DOLV  double outlet left ventricle
• DOM  deaminated O-methyl metabolite; department of medicine; dimethoxymethylamphetamine; dissolved organic matter; document object model; dominance, dominant
• dom  dominant
• DOMA  dihydroxymandelic acid
• DOMBL  distal, occlusal, mesial, buccal, lingual
• DOMF  2´,7´-dibromo-4´-(hydroxymercuri) fluorescein
• DOMIOS  Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset [study]
• DOMS  Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery
• DON  deoxynivalenol; diazooxonorleucine; Director of Nursing
• DONALD  dissection of neck arteries: long-term follow-up determination
• DOOR  deafness, onycho-osteodystrophy, mental retardation [syndrome]
• DOP  dioctyl phthalate; Directory of Physicians
• DOPA, dopa  dihydroxyphenylalanine
• DOPAC  dihydrophenylacetic acid
• dopamine  dihydroxyphenylethylamine
• dopase  dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidase
• DOPC  determined osteogenic precursor cell; dioleoyl-phosphatidyl choline
• DOPE  dioleoyl-phosphatidyl ethanolamine
• DOph  Doctor of Ophthalmology
• DOPP  dihydroxyphenylpyruvate
• DOPS  diffuse obstructive pulmonary syndrome; dihydroxyphenylserine; dioleoyl-phosphatidyl serine
• DO-PT  directly observed preventive therapy
• dor  dorsal
• DORNA  desoxyribonucleic acid
• Dors  dorsal
• DOrth  Diploma in Orthodontics; Diploma in Orthoptics
• DORV  double outlet right ventricle
• DoRV  Dacus oleae reovirus
• DOS  day of surgery; deoxystreptamine; disk operating system; Doctor of Ocular Science; Doctor of Optical Science; dysosteosclerosis
• dos  dosage, dose
• DOSC  Dubois oleic serum complex
• DOSPO  documentation system for pediatric oncology
• DOSS  dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; distal over-shoulder strap; docusate sodium
• DOT  date of transfer; Dictionary of Occupational Titles; directly observed therapy
• DOTA  tetraazacyclododecanetetraacetic acid
• DOTC  Dameshek's oval target cell
• DOTES  dosage record and treatment emergent symptoms
• DOTF  Document Oncology Task Force
• DOTMA  di-oleoyloxopropyl-trimethylammonium chloride
• DOTS  directly observed therapies; directly observed treatment, short course
• DOUBLE  Double Bolus Lytic Efficacy [trial]
• DOUBTFUL  double quantum transition for finding unresolved lines
• DOUBTLESS  Doppler and Ultrasound-Guided Balloon Therapeutics for Coronary Lesions [study]
• DOUV  Douglas virus
• DOV  dolphin poxvirus
• DOVE  deoxyverrucarol
• DOX  doxorubicin
• Dox  doxorubicin
• dOxo  2´-deoxyaxanosine
• DOX-SL  stealth ribosomal doxorubicin
• DP  data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; dementia praecox; dementia pugillistica; dendritic peptide; dental prosthodontics, dental prosthesis; Dermatophagoides pteronyssimus; desmoplakin; dexamethasone pretreatment; diabetic patient; diastolic pressure; diazepam; diffuse precipitation; diffusion pressure; digestible protein; diphosgene; diphosphate; dipropionate; directional preponderance; disability pension; discrimination power; distal pancreatectomy; distal phalanx; distal pit; distopulpal; docking protein; Doctor of Pharmacy; Doctor of Podiatry; donor's plasma; dorsalis pedis
• D/P  dialysate-to-plasma [ratio]
• Dp  duplication; dyspnea
• D_p  pattern difference
• 3DP  three-dimensional printing
• DPA  Department of Public Assistance; D-penicillamine; diphenylalanine; diphenylamine; dipicolinic acid; dipropylacetic acid; direct provider agreement; dual photon absorptiometry; dynamic physical activity
• DPAHC  durable power of attorney for health care
• DpAV  Diadromus pulchellus ascovirus
• DPB  days post-burn; differential pencil beam [radiotherapy]; diffuse panbronchiolitis
• DPBP  diphenylbutylpiperidine
• DPC  delayed primary closure; deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] probe chromatography; deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] protein crosslinks; desaturated phosphatidylcholine; diethylpyrocarbonate; direct patient care; discharge planning coordinator; distal palmar crease
• dpc  days post coitum
• DPCM  differential pulse code modulation
• DpCPV  Danaus plexippus cypovirus; Dasychira pudibunda cypovirus
• DPCRT  double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial
• DPD  Department of Public Dispensary; depression pure disease; desoxypyridoxine; diffuse pulmonary disease; diffusion pressure deficit; diphenamid; Diploma in Public Dentistry; direct patient dose [monitor]
• DPDCH  dedicated physical data channel [telemedicine]
• DPDL  diffuse poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma
• dP/dt  first derivative of pressure measured over time
• dpdt  double-pole double-throw [switch]
• dP/dV  pressure per unit change in volume
• DPE  dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine; dipiperidinoethane; downstream promoter element [RNA processing]
• DPEP  dipeptidase
• DPF  Dental Practitioners' Formulary; diisopropyl fluorophosphate; probability density function [implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]
• DPFC  distal palmar flexion crease
• DPFR  diastolic pressure-flow relationship
• DPG  2,3-diphosphoglycerate; displacement placentogram
• 2,3-DPG  2,3-diphosphoglycerate
• 2,3-DPGM  2,3-diphosphoglycerate mutase
• DPGN  diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
• DPGP  diphosphoglycerate phosphatase
• DPH  Department of Public Health; diphenhydramine; diphenylhexatriene; diphenylhydantoin; Diploma in Public Health; Doctor of Public Health; Doctor of Public Hygiene; dopamine beta-hydrolase; ductal papillary hyperplasia
• DPhC  Doctor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• DPhc  Doctor of Pharmacology
• DPHN  Doctor of Public Health Nursing
• DPhys  Diploma in Physiotherapy
• DPhysMed  Diploma in Physical Medicine
• DPI  daily permissible intake; days post inoculation; dietary protein intake; diphtheria-pertussis immunization; disposable personal income; drug prescription index; dry powder inhaler; Dynamic Personality Inventory
• DPJ  dementia paralytica juvenilis
• DPKC  diagnostic problem-knowledge coupler
• DPL  diagnostic peritoneal lavage; dipalmitoyl lecithin; distopulpolingual
• DPLa  distopulpolabial
• DPLN  diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis
• DPLS  differentially polarized light scattering
• DPM  Diploma in Psychological Medicine; discontinue previous medication; Doctor of Physical Medicine; Doctor of Podiatric Medicine; Doctor of Preventive Medicine; Doctor of Psychiatric Medicine; dopamine
• dpm  disintegrations per minute
• DPN  dermatosis papulosa nigra; diabetic polyneuropathy; diphosphopyridine nucleotide; disabling pansclerotic morphea; dorsal parabrachial nucleus
• DPNB  dorsal penile nerve block
• DPNH  reduced diphosphopyridine nucleotide
• DPO  dimethoxyphenyl penicillin
• D_po  oral [per os] dose
• DPP  Diabetes Prevention Program; differential pulse polarography; digital pulse plethysmography; dimethylphenylpenicillin; dipeptidylpeptidase; distal photoplethysmography; document pattern processing
• dpp  decapentaplegic
• DPPC  dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; double-blind placebo-controlled trial
• DPPD  diphenylphenylenediamine
• DpPHR  duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection
• DPPITC  diphenyl diphosphoro-isothiocyanate
• DPR  dietary prevention of recurrent myocardial infarction; drug price review; dynamic perception resolution; dynamic planar reconstructor
• DpRV  Diadromus pulchellus reovirus
• DPS  delayed primary suture; descending perineum syndrome; dimethylpolysiloxane; Division of Provider Studies [database]; dysesthetic pain syndrome
• dps  decay per second
• dpst  double-pole single-throw [switch]
• DPSWF  discrete prolate spheroidal wave function
• DPT  Demerol, Phenergan, and Thorazine; dermatopontin; Diabetes Prevention Trial; dichotic pitch discrimination test; diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus [vaccine]; diphtheritic pseudotabes; dipropyltryptamine; dual platform technique; dumping provocation test
• Dpt  house dust mite
• DPTA  diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid
• DPTI  diastolic pressure time index
• DPTP  domain protein tyrosine phosphatase
• DPTPM  diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus-poliomyelitis-measles [vaccine]
• Dptr  diopter
• DPTU  diphenylthiourea
• DPUF  Doppler ultrasound flowmeter
• DPV  Dasychira pudibunda virus; deer papillomavirus; disabling positional vertigo; mule deer poxvirus
• DPVS  Denver peritoneovenous shunt
• DPW  Department of Public Welfare; distal phalangeal width
• DQ  deterioration quotient; developmental quotient
• D_q  quasithreshold dose [radiation]
• 3DQCT  3-dimensional quantitative computed tomography
• DQE  degradation of image quality; detective quantum efficiency
• DQFC  double quantum filtered correlation spectroscopy
• DQFC NMR  double quantum filtered correlation nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• DQO  data quality objective
• DQP  data quality probe
• 3D-QSAR  3-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship [dataset]
• DR  death receptor [cell]; degeneration reaction; delayed rectifier; delivery room; deoxyribose; diabetic retinopathy; diagnostic radiology; dietary recall; digital radiography; direct repeat; distal recurrence; distribution ratio; doctor; dopamine receptor; dorsal raphe; dorsal root; dose ratio; drug receptor; dynamic range; dynamic resistance
• Dr  doctor
• dR  dextroribose; deoxyriboside
• dr  dorsal root; drain; dram; dressing
• DRA  dextran-reactive antibody; digital rotational angiography; distal rectal adenocarcinoma; distal reference axis [imaging]
• 3d-RA  3-dimensional rotational angiography
• DRACOG  Diploma of Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• DRACR  Diploma of Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
• DRAM  dynamic random access memory
• DRAP  dorsal root action potential
• dr ap  dram, apothecary
• DRASIC  dorsal root ganglion [DRG] cells acid-sensing ion channel
• DRASTIC  Dutch Renal Artery Stenosis Intervention Cooperative Study
• DRAT  differential rheumatoid agglutination test
• DRB  daunorubicin; dynamic reference basis [computer-assisted surgery]
• DRBC  denaturated red blood cell; dog red blood cell; donkey red blood cell
• DRC  damage risk criterion; daunorubicin; dendritic reticulum cell; deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] repair capacity; diagnostic reporting console; digitorenocerebral [syndrome]; dorsal root, cervical; dose-response curve; dynamic range compression; dynamic range control [algorithm]
• DRCOG  Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• DRCPath  Diploma of Royal College of Pathologists
• DRD  dihydroxyphenylalanine-responsive dystonia; dorsal root dilator; dystrophia retinae pigmentosa-dysostosis [syndrome]
• DRD₂  dopamine D₂ receptor
• DRD₃  dopamine D₃ receptor
• DRD₄  dopamine D₄ receptor
• DRE  damage response element [DNA]; digital rectal examination; dioxin-responsive elements; dioxin-responsive enhancer; direct response element
• DREF  dose rate effectiveness factor
• DREN  Department of Defense Research and Engineering Network
• DRES  dynamic random element stimuli
• DRESS  depth-resolved surface-coil spectroscopy
• DREZ  dorsal root entry zone
• DRF  Daily Rating Form; daily replacement factor; Deafness Research Foundation; digestive-respiratory fistula; dose reduction factor; dynamic reference frame [computer-assisted surgery]
• DR-FFP  donor-retested fresh frozen plasma
• DRFS  Dundee Rank Factor Score [risk factors in coronary heart disease]
• DRG  diagnosis-related group; Division of Research Grants [NIH]; dorsal respiratory group; dorsal root ganglion; duodenal-gastric reflux gastropathy
• drg  drainage
• DrHyg  Doctor of Hygiene
• DRI  defibrillation response interval; discharge readiness inventory; Doppler resistive index; dynamic response index
• dRib  deoxyribose
• DRID  double radial immunodiffusion; double radioisotope derivative
• DRIN  direct reconstructor interface
• DRIP  delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria [causes of urinary incontinence]
• DRL  dorsal root, lumbar; drug-related lupus
• D5RL  5% dextrose in Ringer lactate [solution]
• DRME  Division of Research in Medical Education
• Dr Med  Doctor of Medicine
• DRMF  directional recursive median filtering
• DRMS  drug reaction monitoring system
• DrMT  Doctor of Mechanotherapy
• DRN  dorsal raphe nucleus
• DRNDP  diribonucleoside-3´,3´-diphosphate
• DRnt  diagnostic roentgenology
• DRO  differential reinforcement of other behavior; Disablement Resettlement Officer
• DRP  digoxin reduction product; dorsal root potential; drug-related problems; dystrophin-related protein
• dRp  deoxyribose-phosphate
• dRPase, dRpase  deoxyribophosphodiesterase