Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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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