Medical Abbreviation s By Shreya Kodati and Kavya

Medical Abbreviation s By: Shreya Kodati and Kavya Thakkar

(D). . . ➢DA: ➢ Dental Assistant or Dopamine ➢D&C: ➢ Dilation and curettage ➢D/C or dc : ➢ Discharge OR Discontinue ➢Dept: ➢ Department

(D) continued. . . ➢DDS: ➢ Doctor of Dental Surgery-( old meaning heals with instruments); today same as DMD ➢DMD: ➢ Doctor of Dental Medicine-(old meaning heals with medicines); today same as DDS ➢DHHS: ➢Diff: ➢ Department of Health and Human Services ➢ Differential

(D) continued. . . ➢DD: ➢ Differential Diagnosis ➢DJD : ➢ Degenerative Joint Disease ➢DKA: ➢ Diabetic Ketoacidosis ➢DM: ➢ Diabetes Mellitus

(D) continued. . . ➢DNI: ➢ Do Not Intubate ➢DNR: ➢ Do not Resuscitate/ DO NOT RESUSCITATE ➢DOA: ➢DOB: ➢ Date of Admissions or Dead on Arrival ➢ Date of Birth

(D) continued. . . ➢Dr. : ➢ Doctor ➢Drg or drg: ➢ Dressing ➢DRG: ➢ Disease Related Group coding and billing) ➢DTR: ➢ Deep Tendon Reflex (Used in

(D) continued. . . ➢DT or DTs: ➢ Delirium Tremens ➢DVM: ➢ ➢DVT: ➢ Deep Vein Thrombosis ➢Dx: ➢ Diagnosis Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

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