Medical abbreviations and acronyms (D)
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This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter D and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep in alphabetic order).
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L -M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - misc
- D
- aspartic acid (single letter amino acid code)
- day
- diarrhoea
- distal
- dorsal
- D1, D2, D3, D4: 1st - 4th parts of the duodenum
- D1, D2, etc.: day one post op, day two post op, etc.
- D1-D12 (dorsal vertebrae: alternative to T1-T12)
- D&C: dilation and curettage
- DA: dopamine
- Da: dalton
- DAD: diffuse alveolar damage
- DAH: diffuse alveolar haemorrhage
- DAI: diffuse axonal injury
- DAPLD: domestically acquired particulate lung disease
- DAPT: dual antiplatelet therapy
- DAT: dopamine active transporter (DaTSCAN)
- DAVF: dural arteriovenous fistula
- dB: decibel
- DBP: diastolic blood pressure
- DBS: deep brain stimulation
- DC
- descending colon
- direct current
- discharge
- D&C: dilation and curettage
- D/C: discharge
- DCD: donation before cardiac death
- DCDA: dichorionic diamniotic
- DCE: dynamic contrast enhancement
- DCG: dacrocystogram
- DCIA: deep circumflex iliac artery
- DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ
- DCM: dilated cardiomyopathy
- DCR: digitised chest radiograph
- DD
- differential diagnosis
- duodenal diverticulum
- DDD
- degenerative disc disease
- dual pacing, dual sensing and dual response pacemaker mode
- DDMFR: Diploma in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (UK)
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DDXDDx: differential diagnosis - DEB: drug-eluting baloon
- DEB-TACE: drug-eluting bead transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation
- DECT: dual-energy CT
- defib: defibrillator
- DENV: dengue viruses
- deoxyHb: deoxygenated haemoglobin
- DES
-
diethylstilbestroldiethylstilboestrol - drug-eluting stent
-
- DESS: double echo steady state sequence
- DEXA: dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
- DF118: dihydrocodeine (common name in the UK)
- dGEMRIC: delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage
- DGH: district general hospital
- DHEA: dihydroepiandrosterone
- DI: diabetes insipidus
- DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation
- DICOM: digital imaging and communications in medicine
- DIEP: deep inferior epigastric perforators
- DIH: direct inguinal hernia
- DILI: drug-induced liver injury
- DIP: desquamative interstitial pneumonia
- DIPI: direct intraperitoneal insemination
- DIPJ: distal interphalangeal joint
- DIPNECH: diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
- DIR: double inversion recovery
- DISH: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- DISI: dorsal intercalated segment instability
- DJD: degenerative joint disease
- DJF: duodenojejunal flexure
- DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis
- DLBCL: diffuse large B cell lymphoma
- DLB: dementia with Lewy bodies
- DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide
- DLP
- DM: diabetes mellitus
- DMBSG: diffuse midline brainstem glioma
- DMD: Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- DMRD:
diplomaDiploma inmedical radiodiagnosisMedical Radiodiagnosis - DMRE:
diplomaDiploma inmedical radiologyMedical Radiology andelectrologyElectrology - DMSA: dimercaptosuccinic acid
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- did not attend
- DNAR: do not attempt resuscitation
- DNC: dilation and curettage
- DNET: dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour
- DNR: do not resuscitate
- DOA: dead on arrival
- DOAC: direct oral anticoagulant
- DOB: date of birth
- DOE: dyspnoea on exertion
- DOI: digital object identifier
- DORV: double outlet right ventricle
- DOT: directly observed therapy
- DOTA: 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid
- DP: distal phalanx
- DPA: dorsalis pedis artery
- DPH: diffuse pulmonary haemorrhage
- DPT: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus (vaccine)
- DR: distal radius
- DRG
- diagnosis-related group
- dorsal root ganglion
- DRUJ: distal radioulnar joint
- DS
- DSA: digital subtraction angiography
- DSPA: digital subtraction pulmonary angiography
- DT: delirium tremens
- DTaP: diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (vaccine)
- DTI: diffusion tensor imaging
- DTP: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (vaccine)
- DTPA: diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
- DTR: deep tendon reflexes
- DU: duodenal ulcer
- DV: domestic violence
- DVT: deep vein thrombosis
- D/W: discussion with
- DWI: diffusion weighted imaging
- DWM: Dandy-Walker malformation
- Dx: diagnosis
- DXA: dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
- Dy: dysprosium
- DZ: dizygote
- +<li>D1, D2, etc.: day one post op, day two post op, etc.</li>
-<li>Da: dalton</li>- +<li>Da: <a title="dalton" href="/articles/dalton">dalton</a>
- +</li>
-<li>DDX: differential diagnosis</li>- +<li>DDx: differential diagnosis</li>
-<li>diethylstilbestrol</li>- +<li>diethylstilboestrol</li>
-<li>DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation</li>- +<li>DIC: <a title="disseminated intravascular coagulation" href="/articles/disseminated-intravascular-coagulation">disseminated intravascular coagulation</a>
- +</li>
-<li>DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis</li>- +<li>DKA: <a title="Diabetic ketoacidosis" href="/articles/diabetic-ketoacidosis">diabetic ketoacidosis</a>
- +</li>
-<li>DLB: <a title="Dementia with Lewy bodies" href="/articles/dementia-with-lewy-bodies">dementia with Lewy bodies</a>- +<li>DLB: <a href="/articles/dementia-with-lewy-bodies">dementia with Lewy bodies</a>
-<li>DMRD: diploma in medical radiodiagnosis</li>-<li>DMRE: diploma in medical radiology and electrology</li>- +<li>DMRD: Diploma in Medical Radiodiagnosis</li>
- +<li>DMRE: Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology</li>