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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