What is the DISH medical abbreviation?

What is the meaning of the medical abbreviation DISH?

In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of DISH. However, what is DISH in medical terms?

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What does DISH medical abbreviation stand for?

In science & medicine, the DISH medical abbreviation is the meaning of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

DISH: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

B-Med	behavioral medicine
BC	breast cancer; bone conduction; board certified; birth control
CC	Chief Complaint
CRO	clinical research organization
D5W	Dextrose 5% in Water
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
EOMI	Extra Ocular Muscles Intact
FOUO	for official use only
FPG	fasting plasma glucose
GF	grandfather; glomerular filtrate
HAD	hospital anxiety and depression [scale]
Hcy	homocysteine
ICF	intermediate care facility; intracellular fluid
ICH	Intra-Cranial Hemorrhage
IPJ	interphalangeal joint
Id.	the same
IgD	immunoglobulin D
LFTS	liver function test series
MRgFUS	MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery
NC	nasal cannula
NCPAP	nasal continuous positive airway pressure
NKHG	nonketotic hyperglycinemia
NUCS	Nuclear Medicine
OPROC	outpatient procedure
PAR	paraffin; patient at risk; post anesthesia recovery
PN	Progress Note
Pd	Palladium (element)
R.B.C.	red blood cells
RE	right eye; reproductive endocrinologist
RPO	right posterior oblique
RUG	Retrograde Urethrogram
SEM	Systolic Ejection Murmur (with reference to cardiac exam)
SPLATT	split anterior tibial tendon transfer
SSNHL	sudden sensorineural hearing loss
SaO2	arterial blood-oxygen saturation
Strep	streptococcus
T&X	type and crossmatch
TFT	thyroid function test
UCG	urinary chorionic gonadotropin
Z-DNA	left-handed DNA
bpm	beats per minute
dil.	dilute(d)
fl.	flexor
fps	foot-pound-second
mV	millivolt
mand	mandatory; mandible, mandibular
nsec	nanosecond
pks	packs
qh	every hour
tPA	tissue plasminogen activator
tr	trace; tincture