What does the medical abbreviation PDD mean?
The abbreviation PDD may have a few different meanings. However, what does the PDD medical term stand for?
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What does PDD medical abbreviation stand for?
In medicine, the medical term PDD stands for pervasive development disorder.
PDD: pervasive development disorder
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