Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- DUSOI Duke University severity of illness [index]
- dut deoxyuridine triphosphatase [gene]
- DUTCH-TIA Dutch Transient Ischemic Attack Study
- dUTP deoxyuridine triphosphate
- dUTPase deoxyuridine triphosphatase
- DUV damaging ultraviolet [radiation]
- DUVV Duvenhage virus
- DV Datura virus; dependent variable; diagnostic variable; difference in volume; digital vibration; dilute volume; distemper virus; domestic violence; domiciliary visit; dorsoventral; double vibration; double vision; ductus venosus; dwarf virus
- 3-DV three dimensional visualization
- D&V diarrhea and vomiting
- dv double vibrations
- DVA Department of Veterans' Affairs; developmental venous anomaly; distance visual acuity; duration of voluntary apnea; vindesine
- DVB divinylbenzene
- DVC divanillylcyclohexane; dorsal vagal complex
- DVCC Disease Vector Control Center
- DVCV Diodia vein chlorosis virus
- DVD digital videodisk; dissociated vertical deviation
- DV&D Diploma in Venereology and Dermatology
- dVDAVP 1-deamine-4-valine-D-arginine vasopressin
- DVE duck virus enteritis
- DVH Diploma in Veterinary Hygiene; Division for the Visually Handicapped; dose volume histogram
- DVI AV sequential [pacemaker]; deep venous insufficiency; device-independent; diastolic velocity integral; digital vascular imaging; Doppler velocity index
- DVIS digital vascular imaging system
- DVIU direct-vision internal urethrotomy
- DVL deep vastus lateralis
- DVM digital voltmeter; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- DVMS Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- DVN dorsal vagal nucleus
- 2D-VNQ 2-dimensional N-Quoit filter [imaging]
- 3D-VNQ 3-dimensional N-Quoit filter [imaging]
- DVNV Dendrobium vein necrosis virus
- DVP deep venous pressure; Doppler velocity profile
- DVR digital vascular reactivity; direct volume rendering; Doctor of Veterinary Radiology; double valve replacement; double ventricular response
- DVS Doctor of Veterinary Science; Doctor of Veterinary Surgery
- DVSc Doctor of Veterinary Science
- DVT Danish Verapamil Trial; deep venous thrombosis
- DVT/PE deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism
- DW daily weight; data warehouse; deionized water; dextrose in water; diffusion-weighted [magnetic resonance] imaging; distilled water; doing well; dry weight
- D/W dextrose in water
- D5W, D5W 5% dextrose in water
- D10W 10% aqueous dextrose solution
- dw dwarf [mouse]
- DWA died from wounds by the action of the enemy
- DWCE density-weighted contrast enhancement
- DWD died with disease
- DWDL diffuse well-differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma
- DWDM dense wave division multiplexing
- DWECNP Dr. Welford's Electronic Chart Notes Program
- DWI diffusion-weighted [magnetic resonance] imaging; driving while impaired; driving while intoxicated
- DWM Dandy-Walker malformation
- DWML deep white matter lesion
- DWS Dandy-Walker syndrome; demonstrator workstation; disaster warning system
- DWT dichotic word test; discrete wavelet transform; dyadic wavelet transform
- dwt pennyweight
- DWV Dandy-Walker variant
- DX dextran; dicloxacillin; DNA region X chromosome
- Dx, dx diagnosis
- D&X dilation and extraction
- DXA dual [energy] x-ray absorptiometry
- dx cath diagnostic catheterization
- DXD discontinued
- DxDx differential diagnosis
- DXM, DXMS dexamethasone
- DXP digital x-ray prototype
- DxPLAIN Massachusetts General Hospital's expert diagnostic system
- DXPNET Digital X-Ray Prototype Network
- DXR deep x-ray
- DXRT deep x-ray therapy
- DXT deep x-ray therapy; dextrose
- dXTP deoxyxanthine triphosphate
- Dxx input delay
- Dxy transfer delay
- DY dense parenchyma
- Dy dysprosium
- dy dystrophia muscularis [mouse]
- DYLOMMS dynamic lattice-oriented molecular modeling system
- dyn dynamic; dynamometer; dyne
- DYNAMO dynamic decision modeling [system]
- dyne/cm dyne per centimeter
- DYS dysautonomia
- dysp dyspnea
- DZ diazepam; dizygotic; dizziness
- dZ impedance change
- dz disease; dozen
- dZ/dt time-dependent impedance change
- DZM dorsal zone of membranelle
- DZP diazepam
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