Medical Abbreviations

DASS Stands For : Director of Adult Social Services.

DAT Stands For : daunomycin | days after treatment | delayed action tablet | dementia of Alzheimer‰Ûªs type | digital audio tape (!) | direct agglutination test | direct antibody testing | Disability Appeal Tribunal (obsolete) | delivered at term | Diet As Tolerated | delivered at term | Direct Antiglobulin Test | delivery at term | Diagnosis And Treatment.

DATA Stands For : Distress Awareness Training Agency.

DAU Stands For : daunomycin | daunorubicin | Day assessment unit | Dental Auxiliary Utilization.

DAvMed Stands For : Diploma in Aviation Medicine.

DB Stands For : deaf-blind | decidua basalis | deep breath | demineralised bone | dense body | dextran blue | diet beverage | direct bilirubin | disruptive behaviour | distobuccal | DNA binding | dot blot | downstream box | duodenal bulb | Double Blind | Double-Blind | Date Of Birth | Disability | Double Bottom hip.

DBS Stands For : Demographics Batch Service | Diamond-Blackfan syndrome | double blind study | deep-brain stimulation | Deep Brain Stimulation.

DCAG Stands For : Death Certification Advisory Group.

DCC Stands For : DCC day care center (US) | Deleted in Colorectal Cancer Molecular biology | dextran-coated charcoal | direct clinical care | Direct Current Cardioversion | decompensated cirrhosis.

DCCH Stands For : Diploma of Community Child Health.

DCD Stands For : dark cell degeneration | developmental cognitive disorder | Diploma in Chest Disease | disorders of cortical development | DISCONTINUED | Donation After Cardiac Death | Developmental Coordination Disorder.

DCFS Stands For : Directorate of Counter Fraud Services.

DCH Stands For : delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity.

DCLG Stands For : Department for Communities and Local Government.

DCMS Stands For : Department of Culture | Duval County Medical Society.

DCP Stands For : Diploma in Clinical Pathology | Diabetes Care Profile | Dynamic Compression Plate | Disease Control Priorities.

DCS Stands For : damage control surgery | dense canalicular system | diffuse cortical sclerosis | distal coronary sinus | Dudley Community Services | dyskinetic cilia syndrome | Dorsal Column Stimulation | dendritic cells.

DCSF Stands For : Department for Children.

DCT Stands For : daunorubicin | direct contact test | direct Coombs test | direct current | Disabled Children‰Ûªs Team | dynamic CT | Direct Coombs Test | Deep Cryogenic Treatment | Distal Convoluted Tubule.

DCVS Stands For : Dudley Community Voluntary Service.

DCW Stands For : Data Collection Worksheet.

DDA Stands For : Dangerous Drugs Act | descriptive data analysis | dideoxyadenosine | digital differential analysis | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | Disabled Drivers‰Ûª Association (!) | Dispensing Doctors‰Ûª Association | Dangerous Drug Act (UK) | Dispensing Doctors Association.

DDAM XX Stands For : Diploma in Disability Assessment Medicine.

DDD Stands For : dense deposit disease | dorsal dural deficiency | drug design and discovery | Daily Defined Dose | degenerative disc disease | Defined Daily Dose | Degenerative Disc Disease | Den Danske Dyrlaegeforening ( Danish Veterinary Association).

DDM Stands For : demineralised dentin matrix | design decision matrix | differential diagnosis manager | Diploma in Dermatological Medicine | Doctor of Dental Medicine.

DDPHRCS Stands For : Diploma in Dental Public Health.

DEB Stands For : debridement | Dental Estimates Board | dietary electrolyte imbalance | dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa | Diet Exercise And Behavior.

DEC Stands For : deciduous | decompose | dendritic epidermal cell | Development and Evaluation Committee | diagnostic episode cluster | Disasters Emergencies Committee | Doppler echocardiography | duct epithelial cells | This term got 24 hits on 05112011 | Diagnostic Evaluation Center | Deceased | Decrease | Desquamated Epithelial Cell.

DEFRA Stands For : Department for Environment | Department for Environment.

DEL Stands For : deltoid | delusion.

DEN Stands For : Delay Event Notice | denervation | Dengue virus | Device Experience Network | diethylnitrosamine | doctors‰Ûª educational needs.

DENS Stands For : doctor‰Ûªs educational needs.

DepMAC Stands For : Deployment Milestone Achievement Certificate.

DES Stands For : deadly seven | diffuse endocrine system | distal esophageal sphincter American for distal oesophageal sphincter | drug-eluting stent | Dental Environmental Stress | Drug Eluting Stent | Dermal-Epidermal Separation | Describe | Diethylstibestrol | diethylstilbestrol | Dry Eye Syndrome | diethylstilbestrol.

DESMOND Stands For : Diabetes Education & Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed.

DevMAC Stands For : Development Milestone Achievement Certificate | This term got 10 hits on 05112011 Because it was linked to spectacularly failed National Programme for IT.

DFBO Stands For : design.

DFC Stands For : developmental field complex | Director(ate) of Finance and Contracting | dry-filled capsule | Diet & Fitness Center | Dental Fitness Class | Dental Fitness Classification.

DfEE Stands For : Department for Education and Employment‰ÛÒrenamed DfES ‰ÛÒDepartment for Education and Skills.

DfES Stands For : Department for Education & Skills.

DFFP Stands For : Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning.

DFG Stands For : direct forward gaze | Disabled Facilities Grant.

DFT Stands For : defibrillation threshold | dementia of frontal type | density function theory | design fluency test | diastolic filling time | distance from target.

DG5 Stands For : The Public Health part of the European Union.

DGH Stands For : District general hospital | Doctors for Global Health.

DGM Stands For : deleterious genomic mutation | Diploma in Geriatric Medicine | duodenal gastric metaplasia.

DGoH Stands For : Dudley Group of Hospitals.

DH Stands For : delayed hypersensitivity | developmental handicap | diaphragmatic hernia | diuretic hormone | double haploid | ductal hyperplasia | Department of Health | Double Helix | Dental Hygeinist | Developmentally Handicapped.

DHA Stands For : District Health Authority | dorsal hypothalamic area | docosahexaenoic acid | docosahexaenoic acid.

DHMSA Stands For : Diploma in The History of Medicine of The Society of Apothecaries (London).