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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
- Dp 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
- Dpo 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
- Dq 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