[ S ]

• SCSIT  Southern California Sensory Integration Test
• SCSR  standard cervical spine radiography
• SCT  salmon calcitonin; secretin; Sertoli cell tumor; sex chromatin test; sexual compatibility test; sickle-cell trait; solid cystic tumor; sperm cytotoxicity; spiral computed tomography; spinocervicothalamic; staphylococcal clumping test; star cancellation test; stem cell transplantation; sugar-coated tablet
• S-CT  spiral computed tomography
• S_CT  serum creatinine
• SCTA  spiral computed tomography angiography
• SCTAT  sex cord tumor with annular tubules
• SCTN  South Carolina Telemedicine Network
• SCTR  secretin receptor
• SCTx  spinal cervical traction
• SCU  self-care unit; special care unit
• SCUBA  self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• SCUD  septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease
• SCUF  slow continuous ultrafiltration therapy
• SCUP  Skin Cancer Utrecht-Philadelphia [Utrecht and Philadelphia study on UVR-caused cancer]
• SCU-PA  single-chain urokinase plasminogen activator
• SCUT  schizophrenic chronic undifferentiated type
• SCV  sensory nerve conduction velocity; smooth, capsulated, virulent; subclavian vein; squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva
• ScV  Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus
• ScV-BC  Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-BC
• SCV-CPR  simultaneous compression ventilation-cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• SCVIR  Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
• ScV-L-A  Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-A
• SCWM  subcortical white matter
• SCZ  schizophrenia
• SD  Sandhoff disease; selective decontamination; semi-dry; senile dementia; septal defect; serologically defined; serologically detectable; serologically determined; serum defect; Shine-Dalgarno [sequence]; short dialysis; shoulder disarticulation; Shy-Draper [syndrome]; skin destruction; skin dose; solvent/detergent; somatization disorder; spatial deconvolution; spatial embedding dimension; speech delay; sphincter dilatation; spontaneous delivery; sporadic depression; Sprague-Dawley [rat]; spreading depression; stable disease; standard definition; standard deviation; statistical documentation; Stensen duct; Still disease; stone disintegration; straight drainage; strength duration; streptodornase; structural deterioration; sudden death; superoxide dismutase; synchronous detector; systolic discharge
• S-D  sickle-cell hemoglobin D; suicide-depression
• S/D  sharp/dull; Shine-Dalgarno [region]; systolic/diastolic
• Sd  standard; standard deviation of differences of sample [statistics]; stimulus drive
• S^d  discriminative stimulus
• SDA  right sacroanterior [fetal position, Lat. sacrodextra anterior]; Sabouraud dextrose agar; serotonin-dopamine antagonist; sialodacryoadenitis; specific dynamic action; strand displacement amplification; structural displacement amplification; succinic dehydrogenase activity
• SDAT  senile dementia of Alzheimer type; surface digitalization accuracy test
• SDAV  sialodacryoadenitis virus
• SDAVF  spinal dural arteriovenous fistula
• SDB  shared database; sleep-disordered breathing
• SDBP  seated (or standing, or supine) diastolic blood pressure
• SDC  serum digoxin concentration; Smith delay compensator; sodium deoxycholate; sodium dichromate; subacute combined degeneration; subclavian hemodialysis catheter; succinyldicholine; syndectan; symptomatic developmental complex
• SDCL  symptom distress check list
• SDCN  N-syndectan, neural syndectan
• SDD  selective decontamination of the digestive tract; Skeletal Dysplasia Diagnostician [database]; sporadic depressive disease; sterile dry dressing
• SDDS  2-sulfamoyl-4,4´-diaminodiphenylsulfone
• SDE  simulation development environment; specific dynamic effect; standard-dose epinephrine; structured data entry; subdural empyema
• SDEEG  sterotactic depth electroencephalography
• SDES  symptomatic diffuse esophageal spasm
• SDF  slow death factor; standard data format; stress distribution factor; stromal-derived factor; structured data file
• SDFV  Syr-Daria Valley virus
• SDG  sucrose density gradient
• SDGF  schwannoma-derived growth factor
• SDH  serine dehydratase; sorbitol dehydrogenase; spinal dorsal horn; subdural hematoma; succinate dehydrogenase
• SDHD  sudden death heart disease
• SDI  selective dissemination of information; standard deviation interval; survey diagnostic instrument
• SDIF  standard generalized markup language document interchange format
• SDIHD  sudden death ischemic heart disease
• SDILINE  Selective Dissemination of Information Online [data bank]
• SDIS  Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study
• SDL  serum digoxin level; speech discrimination level
• sdl  sideline; subline
• SDM  semantic data model; sensory detection method; sparse distributed memory; standard deviation of the mean; system of decision making; system development method; Systematized Nomenclature in Medicine [SNOMED] Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine [DICOM] Microglossary
• SDMD  sulfadimethoxine
• SDMS  Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
• SDN  sexually dimorphic nucleus
• SDNF  sliding discrete Fourier transform narrow band filter
• SDNV  Serra do Navio virus
• SDO  standards development organization; sudden dosage onset
• SDP  right sacroposterior [fetal position, Lat. sacrodextra posterior]; shared decision-making program; signal density plot
• SDR  shared data research; Skeletal Dysplasia Registry; spontaneously diabetic rat; standardized disease ratio; surgical dressing room
• SDRI  small, deep, recent infarct
• SDRS  social dysfunction rating scale
• SDS  same day surgery; school dental services; selective digestive decontamination; self-rating depression scale; sensory deprivation syndrome; sexual differentiation scale; short depression screen; Shy-Drager syndrome; single-dose suppression; sodium dodecylsulfate; specific diagnosis service; squamous [cell carcinoma] dataset; standard deviation score; sudden death syndrome; sulfadiazine silver; sustained depolarizing shift
• SDSEM  spinocerebellar degeneration-slow eye movements [syndrome]
• SD-SK  streptodornase-streptokinase
• SDSL  symmetrical digital single line
• SDS/PAGE, SDS-PGE  sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
• SDT  sensory detection theory; right sacrotransverse [fetal position, Lat. sacrodextra transversa]; signal detection theory; single-donor transfusion; speech detection threshold
• SD-T  spatial deconvolution transformation
• SD_t  standard deviation of total scores
• SDU  standard deviation unit; step-down unit
• SDUB  short double upright brace
• SDW  spin density-weighted; system development workbench
• SDYS  Simpson dysmorphia syndrome
• SE  saline enema; sanitary engineering; self efficacy; serum; Shannon entropy; side effect; sleep efficiency; smoke exposure; socio-economic; solid extract; sphenoethmoidal; spherical equivalent; spin-echo; spongiform encephalopathy; Spurway-Eddowes [syndrome]; standard error; staphylococcal endotoxin; staphylococcal enterotoxin; starch equivalent; Starr-Edwards [prosthesis]; status epilepticus; subclinical encephalopathy; subendothelial; subependymal nodule; sulfoethyl; systematic error
• S&E  safety and efficiency
• S-E  socio-economic; spin-echo [imaging]; substantial equivalence
• Se  secretion; selenium
• S_e  external skeleton
• SE  early systolic wave
• SEA  sheep erythrocyte agglutination; shock-elicited aggression; soluble egg antigen; spatial envelope area; spinal epidural abscess; spontaneous electrical activity; staphylococcal enterotoxin A
• SEAC  Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
• SEADS  Self-Efficacy and Dyspnea Strategies Scale
• SEADS-C  Self-Efficacy and Dyspnea Strategies-Confidence [subscale]
• SEAL  steric and electrostatic alignment
• SEAP  secreted alkaline phosphatase
• SEARCH  Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions of Cholesterol and Homocysteine
• SEAT  sheep erythrocyte agglutination test
• SEB  seborrhea; staphylococcal enterotoxin B
• SE(b)  standard error of regression coefficient [statistics]
• SEBA  staphylococcal enterotoxin B antiserum
• SEBI  stereotactic external beam irradiation
• SEBL  self-emptying blind loop
• SEBM  Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine
• SEBOV  Sudan Ebola virus
• SEC  screening end-code; secretin; S-ethylcysteine; Singapore epidemic conjunctivitis; size-exclusion chromatography; soft elastic capsule; spontaneous echo contrast [echocardiography]; swollen endothelial cell
• Sec  Seconal; selenocysteine
• sec  second; secondary; section
• sec-Bu  sec-butyl
• SeCD  service for the care of drug addicts
• SECG  stress electrocardiography
• SECON  sequential continuity
• SECORDS  South-Eastern Consortium on Racial Differences in Stroke
• SECRET  stiffness of joint, elderly individuals, constitutional symptoms, arthritis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, temporal arthritis [in polymyalgia rheumatica]
• SECSY  spin echo correlated spectroscopy
• sect  section
• SECURE  Study to Evaluate Carotid Ultrasound Changes with Ramipril and Vitamin E
• SED  sedimentation rate; skin erythema dose; standard erythema dose; spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia; standard error of deviation; staphylococcal enterotoxin D
• sed  sedimentation; stool [Lat. sedes]
• SEDL  spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, late
• sed rt  sedimentation rate
• SEDT  spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
• SEDT-PA  spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda-progressive arthropathy
• SEE  standard error of estimate; staphylococcal enterotoxin E
• SEEG  stereotactic electroencephalography
• SEER  Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results [program of the National Cancer Institute]
• SEF  somatosensory evoked magnetic field; spectral edge frequency; staphylococcal enterotoxin F; structured encounter form; suction effusion fluid
• SEG  segment; soft elastic gelatin; sonoencephalogram
• segm  segment, segmented
• SEGNE  secretory granules of neural and endocrine [cells]
• Se-GSH-Px  selenium cofactor for glutathione peroxidase
• SEH  spinal epidural hemorrhage; subependymal hemorrhage
• SEI  Self-Esteem Inventory
• S-EIA  stick-enzyme immunoassay
• SEISMED  secure environment for information system in medicine
• SE/IVH  subependymal/intraventricular hemorrhage
• SEL  serum ethanol level
• SELCA  Smooth Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty [study]
• SELDI  surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization [mass spectrometry]
• SELDI-TOF  surface-enhanced laser desorption-ionization time of flight [mass spectrometry]
• SELEX  systemic evolution of ligands by experimental enrichment
• SELF  Self-Evaluation of Life Function [scale]
• Sel Pt  select patients
• SELV  Seletar virus
• SEM  sample evaluation method; scanning electron microphotography; scanning electron microscopy; secondary enrichment medium; standard error of measurement; standard error of the mean; stochastic expectation-maximization [algorithm]; structural equation modeling; systolic ejection murmur
• sem  half [Lat. semis]; semen, seminal
• SEMD  spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
• SEMDIT  spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Irapa type
• SEMDJL  spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity
• Semf  seminal fluid
• SEMG  semenogelin; surface electromyography
• sEMG  surface electromyography
• SEMI  subendocardial myocardial infarction; subendocardial myocardial injury
• SemNet  semantic network [UMLS]
• SEMSOB  Stanford Self-Efficacy for Managing Shortness of Breath
• SEN  scalp-ear-nipple [syndrome]; State Enrolled Nurse
• sen  sensitive, sensitivity
• SENDCAP  St. Mary's Ealing, Northwick Park Diabetes Cardiovascular Prevention [study]
• SENIC  Study of the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control
• SENS  sensitivity or sensitization; Stewart evaluation of nursing scale
• Sens  sensitivity
• sens  sensation, sensorium, sensory
• SENSOR  Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks
• SENTAC  Society for ENT [ear, nose, throat] Advances in Children
• SEOV  Seoul virus
• SEP  self-evaluation process; sensory-evoked potential; separation [of ghosts]; septum; somatosensory evoked potential; sperm entry point; spinal evoked potential; standard error of prediction; surface epithelium; syringe exchange program; systolic ejection period
• sEP  single evoked potential
• separ  separately, separation
• SE(_p1-p2)  standard error of the difference of two proportions [statistics]
• SEPS  subfascial endoscopic perforate ligation; Submaximal Exercise Performance Substudy
• SEPT  septum
• SEPV  Sepik virus
• SEQ  side effects questionnaire
• seq  sequence; sequel, sequela, sequelae; sequestrum
• SEQOL  [Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation] Substudy of Economics and Quality of Life
• SER  sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum; sebum excretion rate; sensitizer enhancement ratio; sensory evoked response; service; smooth endoplasmic reticulum; smooth-surface endoplasmic reticulum; somatosensory evoked response; subendocardial resection; supination, external rotation [fracture]; surgical emergency room; systolic ejection rate
• S/ER  sero/endoplasmic reticulum
• Ser  serine; serology; serous; service
• sER  smooth endoplasmic reticulum
• ser  series, serial; serine
• SERC  State Emergency Response Commission
• SERCA2  sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca^2-
• SerCl  serum chloride
• SERHOLD  National Biomedical Serials Holding Database
• SER-IV  supination external rotation, type 4 fracture
• SERLINE  Serials Online [NLM database]
• SERM  selective estrogen receptor modulator
• sero, serol  serological, serology
• SERPIN  serpine protease inhibitor
• SERS  Stimulus Evaluation/Response Selection [test]
• SERT  sustained ethanol release tube
• serv  keep, preserve [Lat. serva]; service
• SERVHEL  Service and Health Records
• SES  Society of Eye Surgeons; socioeconomic status; spatial emotional stimulus; sphenoethmoidal suture; subendothelial space
• SESAM  Study in Europe of Saruplase and Alteplase in Myocardial Infarction
• SESAP  Surgical Educational and Self-Assessment Program
• SESE  somatosensory evoked spike epilepsy
• SET  secure electronic transaction; single electron transistor; surrogate embryo transfer; systolic ejection time
• SET-N  software evaluation tool for nursing
• SETTS  subjective experience of therapeutic touch survey
• SEV 1-18, 125, 203  Simian enterovirus 1-18, 125, 203
• SeV  Sendai virus
• sev  severe; severed
• SEW  slice excitation wave

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