Medical Terminology & Phrases

D & C
D and C
D.O.
Dactyl-, -dactyl
Dactyledema
Dactylitis
Daily Value (DV)
Daltonism
Danders
Dandruff
Dandy fever
Danlos syndrome
Danon disease
Data
Date rape
Date, expiration
daw
Day sight
DDH (developmental dislocation of the hip)
de Lange syndrome
De Quervain's tenosynovitis
DEA
Deafness
Deafness & Communication Disorders, Institute
Deafness with goiter
Deafness, acquired
Deafness, congenital
Deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis syndrome
Death rate
Death rate, infant
Death, black
Debilitate
Decongestants
Deep (anatomic orientation)
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Defecation syncope
Defect, atrial septal (ASD)
Defect, enzyme
Defect, neural tube
Defect, ventricular septal (VSD)
Defibrillation
Defibrillator
Defibrillator, implantable cardiac
Deficiency, adenosine deaminase (ADA)
Deficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin
Deficiency, ankyrin
Deficiency, calcium
Deficiency, ceruloplasmin
Deficiency, FALDH
Deficiency, FAO
Deficiency, fatty alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Deficiency, fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase
Deficiency, glucocerebrosidase
Deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P
Deficiency, hex-A
Deficiency, hexosaminidase A
Deficiency, iron
Deficiency, lactase
Deficiency, LCHAD
Deficiency, long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydroge
Deficiency, magnesium
Deficiency, niacin
Deficiency, protein C
Deficiency, selenium
Deficiency, sphingomyelinase
Deficiency, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
Deficiency, vitamin K
Deficiency, zinc
Deformation
Deformity, cauliflower-ear
Degeneration, macular
Degenerative arthritis
Degenerative joint disease
Dehydration
Deja vu
Déja vu
Delay, developmental
Deletion
Delirium tremens
Delivery, breech
Delivery, footling
Delivery, vertex
Delta cell, pancreatic
Delta-storage pool disease
Deltoid
Demarcation
Dementia
Dementia complex, AIDS
Dementia, MELAS
Demonophobia
Demulcent
Demyelination
Dendrite
Dengue
Dengue fever
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
Dengue shock syndrome
Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Inst.
Dental Association, American (ADA)
Dental braces (orthodontics)
Dental drill
Dental impaction
Dental pain (toothache)
Dentin
Denture
Denver developmental screening test
Deoxyhemoglobin
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Department of Energy (DOE).
Department of Health and Human Services
Depigmentation
Depo-Provera contraceptive
Depression
Depression, bipolar
Depression, dysthmia
Depression, major
Depression, winter
Dercum’s disease
Dermabrasion
Dermatitis
Dermatitis and diarrhea, zinc deficiency
Dermatitis, allergic contact
Dermatitis, atopic
Dermatitis, stasis
Dermatofibroma
Dermatographism
Dermatologic
Dermatologist
Dermatome
Dermatomyositis
Dermatopathy
Dermatophytic onychomycosis
Dermis
Dermoid
Dermoid cyst of the ovary
Dermopathy
DES
Descending aorta
Descending pathway
Desensitization, allergy
Desert fever
Desiccate
Designer estrogen
Desmoid tumor
Desmoplasia
Desmoplastic
Desmoplastic reaction
Desquamate
Desquamation
Deuteranomaly
Deuteranopia
Development
Development, Human, Nat'l Inst of Child Health &
Developmental delay
Developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH)
Developmental disorder
Developmental disorder, specific
Developmental dyspraxia
Deviation of the nasal septum
Device, assistive
Device, medical
Dextro- (prefix)
Dextrocardia
Dextroposition
Dextroposition of the heart
Dextrose
DGS (DiGeorge syndrome)
DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever)
DHHS
Di Bella cancer therapy
Di- (prefix)
Dia- (prefix)
Diabetes
Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Diabetes and fiber
Diabetes Association, American (ADA)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes, adult-onset
Diabetes, brittle
Diabetes, gestational
Diabetes, insulin-dependent
Diabetes, insulin-resistant
Diabetes, labile
Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent
Diabetes, type 1
Diabetes, type 2
Diabetes, unstable
Diabetic coma
Diabetic macular edema
Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic shock
Diachronic
Diachronic study
Diagnosis
Dialysis
Dialysis machine
Dialysis, peritoneal
Diaper rash
Diaper rash, yeast
Diaphragm (contraceptive)
Diaphragm (muscle)
Diaphragmatic hernia
Diarrhea
Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency
Diarrhea, antibiotic-induced
Diarrhea, E. coli hemorrhagic
Diarrhea, rotavirus
Diarrhea, travelers'
Diastole
Diastolic
Diastrophic dysplasia
Diathermy
Diathesis
Dicentric chromosome
Did not attend (DNA)
DIDMOAD
Diesel exhaust
Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
Diff dx
Differential diagnosis
Differential white cell count
Differentiation
Diffuse degeneration of gray matter
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
Diffuse toxic goiter
DiGeorge syndrome (DGS)
Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Nat'l Inst Diabetes &
Digestive system
Digit
Digit, supernumerary
Digital rectal exam
Dilatate
Dilatation
Dilatation and curettage
Dilate
Dilating
Dilation
Dilation, pupil
Dilation, pupil (test)
Dilator
Dioxin
Dip, paraffin
Dip, wax
Diphtheria
Diploid
Diplopia
Diprosopus
Dipsophobia
Dipsosis
Directed DNA sequencing
Directives, advance
Directives, advance medical
Disaster supplies kit
Disc
Disc, cervical
Disc, optic
Disc, slipped
Discharge
Discoid lupus
Disease
Disease, acute respiratory
Disease, Addison
Disease, adult celiac
Disease, Alexander
Disease, Alpers
Disease, Alzheimer
Disease, Anderson-Fabry
Disease, Behcet's
Disease, Bernard-Soulier
Disease, Binswanger
Disease, bipolar
Disease, black lung
Disease, Bornholm
Disease, Bowen's
Disease, Brill-Zinsser
Disease, Canavan
Disease, Castleman
Disease, cat scratch
Disease, central core, of muscle (CCD)
Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Disease, chronic obstructive lung (COLD)
Disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD)
Disease, clinical
Disease, congenital heart
Disease, Conor and Bruch
Disease, coronary artery
Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD)
Disease, Crohn
Disease, Cushing
Disease, cystine transport
Disease, degenerative joint
Disease, delta-storage pool
Disease, exaggerated startle
Disease, Fabry
Disease, Fahr
Disease, fifth (erythema infectiosum)
Disease, Fong
Disease, foot-and-mouth
Disease, Forestier
Disease, Gaucher type 1
Disease, Gilbert
Disease, graft-versus-host
Disease, Graves
Disease, guinea worm
Disease, gum
Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth
Disease, Hansen
Disease, Heberden
Disease, hemolytic, of the newborn
Disease, Hirschsprung
Disease, His
Disease, His-Werner
Disease, Hodgkin (adult)
Disease, Hodgkin (Hodgkin lymphoma)
Disease, Huntington
Disease, hyaline membrane
Disease, hydroxyapatite crystal
Disease, inflammatory bowel
Disease, Jakob’s
Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt
Disease, Kawasaki
Disease, Keshan
Disease, Kikuchi
Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson
Disease, kissing
Disease, Kok
Disease, Kostmann
Disease, Legg
Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes
Disease, Legg-Perthes
Disease, Legionnaire
Disease, lipid storage
Disease, Lobstein’s
Disease, Lou Gehrig
Disease, manic-depressive
Disease, maple syrup urine (MSUD)
Disease, Marburg
Disease, Menetrier's
Disease, Meniere
Disease, Minamata
Disease, mitochondrial
Disease, mixed connective tissue
Disease, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease, Niemann-Pick
Disease, Norwalk
Disease, Osgood-Schlatter
Disease, Osler-Rendu-Weber
Disease, ovarian, polycystic
Disease, Paget's
Disease, Parkinson
Disease, Parry’s
Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher (PMD)
Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID)
Disease, phytanic acid storage (Refsum’s dise
Disease, Pick
Disease, Plummer’s
Disease, polycystic kidney
Disease, polycystic ovarian (PCO)
Disease, Quincke’s
Disease, Ramsey Hunt
Disease, Raynaud
Disease, Refsum’s
Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber
Disease, Ritter
Disease, rotator cuff
Disease, rotavirus
Disease, sickle cell
Disease, sixth
Disease, sleeping
Disease, startle
Disease, Stein-Leventhal
Disease, Still
Disease, subclinical
Disease, Tay-Sachs (TSD)
Disease, Tsutsugamushi
Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease, von Recklinghausen’s
Disease, Vrolik’s
Disease, Werner-His
Disease, Whipple
Disease, Whitmore's
Disease, Wilson
Diseases related to obesity
Diseases, Infectious, Nat'l Inst of Allergy &
Diseases, inherited metabolic
Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst
Diseases, polygenic
Diseases, rickettsial
Diseases, single-gene
DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)
Disinsection
Dislocation, congenital hip
Disorder, anxiety
Disorder, articulation
Disorder, attention deficit (ADD)
Disorder, central auditory processing
Disorder, cephalic
Disorder, mathematics
Disorder, seasonal affective (SAD)
Disorder, social anxiety
Disorder, specific developmental
Disorders, lymphoproliferative
Disorders, myeloproliferative
Disruption sequence
Dissect
Dissecting aneurysm
Dissection
Dissection, axillary
Dissection, neck
Distal
Distance healing
Distention
Distichiasis
Diuretic
Diurnal
Diverticula
Diverticulitis
Diverticulitis, bleeding from
Diverticulitis, treatment of acute
Diverticulosis
Diverticulosis/diverticulitis and fiber
Diverticulum
Diverticulum, Meckel's
Dizygotic twin
Dizziness
Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of
Dizziness, pre-syncopal
DMD (dystonia musculorum deformans)
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
DNA (did not attend)
DNA amplification
DNA assembly
DNA cloning
DNA molecules, recombinant
DNA polymerase
DNA repair
DNA repair gene
DNA repair gene, Med1
DNA repair pathway
DNA replication
DNA sequence
DNA sequence, draft
DNA sequence, finished
DNA splicing, alternative
DNA technology, recombinant
DNA virus
DNA, coding
DNA, junk
DNA, mitochondrial
DNA, nongenetic
DNA, repetitive
DNA, satellite
DOB
Doctor
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors' symbol
DOE
Domain
Dominant
Donor
Donor insemination
Dopa
Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD)
Dopamine
Doraphobia
Dorsal
Dorsal (anatomic orientation)
Dorsum
Dose, absorbed
DOTS
Double helix
Double-blinded study
Douche
Douching
Douglas, pouch of
Dowager's hump
Down syndrome
Down syndrome features
DPT
DPT immunization
Dracunculiasis
Draft DNA sequence
DRE (digital rectal exam)
Dream, pre-sleep
Dreams
Drill, dental
Drip
Dropsy
Drosophila genome
Drug activity
Drug caution codes
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug resistance
Drug, ACE-inhibitor
Drug, anti-infective
Drug, antibiotic
Drug, antifungal
Drug, antihypertensive
Drug, antimicrobial
Drug, antiprotozoal
Drug, antithyroid
Drug, antiviral
Drug, generic
Drug, over-the-counter (OTC)
Drug, prescription
Drug, sulfa
Drug, tocolytic
Drugs during pregnancy, dangerous
Drugs, anti-angiogenesis
Drugs, statin
Drugs, teratogenic
Drusen
DRVs (Daily Reference Values)
DT
DT immunization
DTaP
DTaP immunization
DTP
Duct
Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating
Ductular hypoplasia, syndromatic hepatic
Ductus
Ductus arteriosus
Ductus, patent
Due date
Dumdum fever
Dumping syndrome
Duodenal ulcer
Duodenitis
Duodenum
Duplication
Dupuytren contracture
Durable power of attorney
Dursban
DV (Daily Value)
DVT (deep vein thrombosis)
Dwarfism
Dwarfism, achondroplastic
Dwarfism, pituitary
Dwarfism, thanatophoric
Dx
Dyad
Dys-
Dysarthria
Dyscalculia
Dysentery
Dysentery, amebic
Dysfunction
Dysfunction, erectile
Dysgraphia
Dyshidrotic eczema
Dyskeratosis congenita
Dyskinesia
Dyskinesia
Dyslexia
Dysmorphic feature
Dysmorphology
Dysostosis, cleidocranial
Dyspareunia
Dyspepsia
Dyspeptic
Dysphagia
Dysphonia, spasmodic
Dysphoria
Dysplasia
Dysplasia, arteriohepatic
Dysplasia, bronchopulmonary
Dysplasia, cleidocranial
Dysplasia, congenital hip
Dysplasia, faciodigitogenital
Dysplasia, thanatophoric
Dysplastic nevi
Dyspnea
Dyspnoea
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia of speech
Dyspraxia, developmental
Dysthymia
Dystocia
Dystocia, cervical
Dystocia, fetal
Dystocia, placental
Dystonia
Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD)
Dystonia, cranial
Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD)
Dystonia, focal, due to blepharospasm
Dystonia, focal, due to torticollis
Dystonia, idiopathic torsion
Dystonia, laryngeal
Dystonia, oromandibular
Dystonia, Segawa
Dystonia, torsion
Dystonia, writer’s cramp
Dystrophy, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy
Dystrophy, myotonic
Dysuria

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