Medical Abbreviations

DHSC Stands For : Directorate of Health and Social Care (obsolete).

DHSS Stands For : Department of Health and Social Security‰ÛÒwhich was divided into DoH and DSS.

DHT Stands For : District Handicap Team | Dix-Hallpike test | DNA histogram type | DiHydroTestosterone | Dobhoff Tube (feeding tube).

DI Stands For : days of incubation | dead implant | deep inhalation | dental index | dentinogenesis imperfecta | detrusor instability | diagnostic index | diastolic interval | dietary intake | diffusion imaging | Director of Information | Dirofilaria immitis | disability index | disto-incisal | distraction index | dobutamine infusion | donor insemination | dorso-iliac | double immunodiffusion | drug-induced | dyskaryosis index | Direct Injection | Damage Interval | Direct Inject | Diabetes Insipidus | Date of Injury | Diabetes Insipidus | Diagnostic Imaging.

DIA Stands For : diakinesis | diffusely infiltrating astrocytoma | Digital Image Analysis | DIAbetic | Diaphragm | Drug-Induced Agranulocytosis | Diazepam | Drug Information Association | Drug Information Association.

DIAL Stands For : Disablement Information and Advice Lines.

DIC Stands For : dead in cage | dead in car | dicoumarol | dorsal intercarpal | drip infusion cholangiography | drug information center | ductal infiltrating carcinoma | Drop In Center | Disseminated intravascular coagulation | Death is coming | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy.

DICE Stands For : Disseminating Information on Clinical Effectiveness | Diagnoses for Intensive Care Evaluation.

DICT Stands For : dictionary | Director(ate) of Information and Computer Technology | Dictation.

DIG Stands For : desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma | Disablement Income Group | Dog Identification Group | drug-induced galactorrhoea | Dog Identification Group (of the Department of Transport.

DIO Stands For : diet-induced obesity | district immunisation officer.

DIP Stands For : desisopropylpropranolol | desquamative interstitial pneumonia | diffuse interstitial pneumonia | digital image processing | Digital Information Policy | diisopropyl phosphate | drug-induced psychosis | Digital Image Pro | Database of Interaction Proteins | Descending Inhibitory Pathway | Distal InterPhalangeal.

DipA Stands For : Diploma in Anaesthetics.

DipDerm Stands For : Diploma in Dermatology.

DIPG Stands For : Drug Information Pharmacists Group.

DipGerMed Stands For : Diploma in Geriatric Medicine.

DipHSM Stands For : Diploma in Health Services Management.

DipObst Stands For : Diploma in Obstetrics.

DipPaed Stands For : Diploma in Paediatrics.

DipSW Stands For : Diploma in Social Work.

DipUro Stands For : Diploma in Urology.

DipVen Stands For : Diploma in Venereology (sexually-transmitted diseases).

DIS Stands For : Departmental Investment Strategy | Diabetes Intervention Study | Diagnostic Interview Schedule | direct immunofluorescence stain | disability | distance | Division of Information Systems | Drug Information System | Delayed Itch Syndrome | Disabled | Disease.

DisCASS Stands For : Disabled Citizens Advice and Support Service.

DISP Stands For : Developing Information System for Purchasers | dispensary | Disposition | DISPense.

DISS Stands For : Disability Information Service of Sussex | Disability Information Service Surrey.

DKM Stands For : Deployment Key Milestone.

DLA Stands For : Dental Laboratories Association | dermatolymphangioadenitis | diameter of left atrium | Deoxycholate Lactose Agar.

DLCV Stands For : drugs of limited clinical value.

DLO Stands For : Diploma in Laryngology & Otology.

dm+d Stands For : Dictionary of Medicines and Devices.

DMC Stands For : decision-making capacity | district medical committee | Detroit Medical Center | Downstate Medical Center (NY) | Direct Microscopic Count | Data Monitoring Committee | Diagnose Manage Cure.

DMCC Stands For : Diploma in Medical Care in Catastrophes.

DMD Stands For : daily maintenance dose | delayed mental development | disease-modifying drug | Drug Misuse Database | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Doctor of Dental Medicine | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

DMF Stands For : decayed | defective mitotic figures | Disabled Motorists Federation | distant metastasis-free | Drug Master File | Dose Modifying Factor.

DMHE Stands For : Department of Mental Health for the Elderly.

DMO Stands For : District Medical Officer (obsolete) | District Medical Officer | Dental Management Organization.

DMPhil Stands For : Master of Philosophy.

DMRD Stands For : Diploma in Medical Radiodiagnosis.

DMT Stands For : Defence Mechanism Test | Departmental Management Team | digital memory test | Diver Medical Technologist | DNA methyltransferase | dorsomedial thalamus | drug maintenance treatment | dynamometer muscle testing | Decompression Massage Therapy | Dance Movement Therapy | Deep Muscle Therapy.

DMU Stands For : directly managed unit.

DN Stands For : denervation | dentate nucleus | diabetic nephropathy | dibucaine number | Diploma in Nutrition | donor number | dysplastic naevus.

DNA Stands For : did not arrive | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | deoxyribonucleic acid | Data And Numeric Analysis | DeoxyriboNucleic Acid | DeoxyriboNucleic Acid | Did Not Attend | Deoxyribonucleic Acid.

DNA-CR Stands For : Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

DNAR Stands For : do not attempt resuscitation | Do Not Attemp Resuscitation.

DNDRN Stands For : Dementias and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network.

DNGN Stands For : Disability Network Group Net.

DNI Stands For : do not intubate (similar to DNR) | Do Not Intubate | Direct Neural Interface.

DNS Stands For : Director of Nursing Services | dysplastic naevus syndrome | DiNitroSalicylic acid | Deviated Nasal Septum | Did Not Show for appointment.

DNW Stands For : DNW Drugs North West.