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Welcome to the MTWorld free resource on medical abbreviations. We have gathered the most common medical abbreviations and made them available for your use on our website. Although these standard medical abbreviations have been designed with medical transcription in mind, they can also benefit non medical transcriptionists and anyone else in a healthcare or medical career field who would find this information useful.

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Abbreviation
Meaning
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D&C Dilatation and curettage
D/W Dextrose in water
DBP Diastolic blood pressure
DC Discontinue
DC Discharge
DDD Degenerative disc disease
DDI, ddI Dideoxyinosine, didanosine
defib Defibrillation
DIC Disseminated intravascular coagulation
DIFF, diff Differential blood count
DIP Distal interphalangeal
DISH Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
DJD Degenerative joint disease
dl Decliter (100 ml)
DM Diabetes mellitus
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DO Doctor of osteopathy
DOB Date of birth
DP Dorsalis pedis
DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (toxoids/vaccine)
DS Double strength
DSA Digital subtraction angiography
DT Delirium tremens
DTR Deep tendon reflex
DVT Deep venous thrombosis
DX, Dx, dx Diagnosis

 
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