What is the meaning of the medical term Dz?
There may be more than one meaning of Dz. However, what is the medical term Dz?
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What is the Dz medical abbreviation?
In science & medicine, the medical abbreviation Dz stands for disease.
Dz: disease
Related Medical Abbreviations
| CSHF | chronic systolic heart failure |
| CTCL | Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma |
| CTO | clinical trial outline |
| DCIS | Ductal Carcinoma In Situ |
| DPat | diphtheria-acellular pertussis tetanus (vaccine) |
| DVT | Deep Venous Thrombosis |
| ECT | Electro-Convulsive Therapy |
| G#P# | Gravida # Para # |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GRAS | generally recognized as safe |
| IDU | idouridizine; idoxuridine; injection drug user |
| INR | International Normalized Ratio |
| ITP | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia |
| IUCD | intrauterine contraceptive device |
| KB | ketone bodies; knee brace |
| LD | learning disability; left deltoid; lactate dehydrogenase; lactic dehydrogenase; lethal dose |
| LVG | left ventriculogram |
| M1 | mitral first sound |
| MDI | metered dose inhaler |
| MDS | Myelo dysplastic syndrome |
| MMP | Multiple Medical Problems |
| MRgFUS | MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery |
| NIH | national institutes of health |
| OIC | opioid-induced constipation |
| OLMC | on-line medical control |
| OOR | out of room |
| PAF | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; platelet activating factor |
| PBL | problem-based learning; peripheral blood lymphocyte |
| PIA | prolonged infantile apnea |
| PSIS | posterior-superior iliac spine |
| PTC | points to consider; plasma thromboplastin component; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; papillary thyroid cancer |
| PetCO2 | partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide |
| RATx | radiation therapy |
| RD | Retinal Detachment; also Registered Dietician |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| RPGN | Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis |
| SSNHL | sudden sensorineural hearing loss |
| STX | Stricture |
| TBD | to be determined |
| TKO | to keep open (intravenous) |
| UE | Upper Extremity (usually preceded by R or L) |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VLDL | very low density lipoprotein |
| brady | bradycardia |
| font | fontanelle |
| inst | instruction, instructed; instrument; institution |
| kDNA | kinetoplast DNA |
| p.r.n. | As needed. So that it is not always done, but done only when the situation calls for it (or example, taking a pain medication only when having pain and not without pain). |
| sup | superior |
| ug | microgram (0.000001 gram) |
