What does the abbreviation DSM mean in medical terms?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation DSM. However, what does the medical term DSM mean?
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What does DSM medical abbreviation stand for?
In the science & medicine field, the abbreviation DSM means Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| Bx | biopsy |
| C&DB | cough and deep breath |
| CHI | Closed Head Injury |
| COH | carbohydrate; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| Cy | cyanosis |
| DB&C | deep breathing and coughing |
| DNKA | did not keep appointment |
| E Ab | elective abortion |
| EAE | experimental allergic encephalomyelitis |
| ENG | electronystagmography; electronystagmogram |
| FBC | full blood count |
| FMP | first menstrual period |
| HCM | Health Care Maintenance |
| HEPA | high-efficiency particulate air (filtration) |
| HbB | Hemoglobin B |
| Ho | Holmium (element) |
| KCL | Potassium chloride. |
| LABA | long-acting beta agonist |
| LAFa | left anterior forearm |
| LMP | Last Menstrual Period |
| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin; maternal and child health |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MUD | matched unrelated donor |
| O/W | Otherwise |
| OLT | Orthotopic Liver Transplant |
| OS | Left Eye |
| PFT | Pulmonary function test. A test to evaluate the how well the lungs are functioning. |
| PORP | partial ossicular replacement prosthesis |
| QNS | Quantity Not Sufficient |
| QPNG | quinolone-resistant neisseria gonorrhea |
| RRL | registered records librarian |
| SK | Seborrheic Keratosis; also Streptokinase |
| SMBG | self-monitoring of blood glucose |
| TC&DB | turn, cough, and deep breath |
| TEE | transesophageal echocardiography; transesophageal endoscopy; transesophageal echocardiogram |
| Tdap | tetanus diphtheria pertussis vaccine |
| Trp | tryptophan |
| UFR | ultrafiltration rate |
| UNSA | Unstable Angina |
| V tach | ventricular tachycardia |
| WN | well nourished |
| fl dr | fluid dram |
| fluoro | fluoroscopy |
| grad | by degrees; gradual |
| path | pathologist; pathology |
| reg | regular |
| stim | stimulation |
| tox | toxic, toxicity; toxicology |
| uPA | urokinase plasminogen activator |
