List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders
This is a list of acronyms and initials related to diseases (infectious or non-infectious) and medical disorders.
A
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
AAS | Aarskog–Scott syndrome |
ABCD syndrome | albinism, black lock, cell migration disorder |
ACC | Agenesis of the corpus callosum |
ACS | Acute coronary syndrome |
ACTH deficiency | Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency |
AD | Alzheimer's Disease |
AD | Attachment disorder |
ADD | Attention deficit disorder |
ADD-RT | Attention deficit disorder – residual type |
ADEM | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis |
ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
AF | Atrial fibrillation |
AGS | Aicardi–Goutieres syndrome |
AHC | Alternating hemiplegia of childhood |
AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
AIP | Acute intermittent porphyria |
ALA DD | Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) |
ALI | Acute lung injury |
ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
AOS | Apraxia of speech |
APA | Aldosterone-producing adenoma |
APS | Antiphospholipid syndrome |
ARBD | Alcohol-related birth defects |
ARD | Adult Refsum disease |
ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
ARND | Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder |
AS | Ankylosing spondylitis |
AS | Asperger syndrome |
ASDs | Autism spectrum disorders |
A-T | Ataxia-telangiectasia |
AVMs | Arteriovenous malformations |
B
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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BBS | Bashful bladder syndrome (see Paruresis) |
BEB | Benign essential blepharospasm |
BD | Binswanger's disease |
BEH | Behaviorally/emotionally handicapped |
BH | Behaviorally handicapped |
BMD | Becker's muscular dystrophy |
BPD | Borderline personality disorder |
BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BS | Bloom's syndrome |
BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
BSS | Brown–Sequard syndrome |
BV | Bacterial vaginosis |
C
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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CACH | Central nervous system hypomyelination |
CAD | Coronary artery disease |
CADASIL | Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy |
CAPD | Central auditory processing disorder |
CCD | Considerable conduct disorder |
CCHF | Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever |
CCHS | Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome |
CCM | Cerebral cavernous malformation |
CDG | Congenital disorder of glycosylation |
CDGS | Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome |
CEP | Congenital erythropoietic porphyria |
CESD | Cholesteryl ester storage disease |
CF | Cystic fibrosis |
CFIDS | Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome |
CFS | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
CGBD | Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration |
CH | Cluster headache |
CHARGE syndrome | Coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retarded growth & or development, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities |
CHD | Congenital heart disease |
CHD | Congenital hip dysplasia |
CHD | Coronary heart disease |
CHF | Congestive heart failure |
CIDP | Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
CIPA | Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis |
CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
CMs | Chiari malformations |
CMT disease | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease |
COFS | Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CP | Cerebral Palsy |
CP/CPPS | Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome |
CPDD | Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease |
CPM | Central pontine myelinolysis |
CPPS | Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (see UCPPS) |
CRF | Chronic renal failure |
CRKP | Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumonia |
CRPS | Complex regional pain syndrome |
CSA | Central sleep apnea |
CSD | Cat scratch disease |
CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
D
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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DAS | Developmental apraxia of speech |
DBA | Diamond–Blackfan anemia |
DBMD | Duchenne–Becker muscular dystrophy |
DD | Developmental disability |
DEF | Deaf |
DF | Dengue fever |
DH | Developmentally handicapped |
DHF | Dengue hemorrhagic fever |
DiG | DiGeorge syndrome |
DLB | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
DM | Diabetes mellitus |
DMD | Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
DP | Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) |
DRSP disease | Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease |
DS | Down syndrome |
DSPS | Delayed sleep phase syndrome |
DTs | Delirium tremens |
DVD | Developmental verbal dyspraxia |
DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
E
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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ED | Emotionally disturbed |
EDS | Ehlers–Danlos syndrome |
EDS | Excessive daytime sleepiness |
EEE | Eastern equine encephalitis |
EHK | Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis |
EMH | Educable mentally handicapped |
EMR | Educable mentally retarded |
ENS | Epidermal nevus syndrome |
EPM | Extrapontine myelinolysis |
EPP | Erythropoietic protoporphyria |
ESRD | End-stage renal disease |
ESS | Empty sella syndrome |
F
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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FAE | Fetal alcohol effects |
FAS | Fetal alcohol syndrome |
FASDs | Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders |
FFI | Fatal familial insomnia |
FMA | Focal muscular atrophies |
FMD | Fibromuscular dysplasia |
FMS | Fibromyalgia syndrome |
FSP | Familial spastic paraparesis |
FTD | Frontotemporal dementia |
FVS | Fetal valproate syndrome |
FXS | Fragile X syndrome |
G
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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GAD | Generalized anxiety disorder |
GAN | Giant axonal neuropathy |
GAS disease | Group A Streptococcal disease |
GBS | Guillain–Barré syndrome |
GBS disease | Group B Streptococcal disease |
GCE | Glycine encephalopathy |
GD | Gestational diabetes |
GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease |
GI | Gastrointestinal |
GIB | Gastrointestinal bleeding |
GN | Glossopharyngeal neuralgia |
GSS disease | Gerstmann–Straussler–Scheinker disease |
GT/LD | Gifted and learning disabled |
GVHD | Graft-versus-host disease |
GWD | Guinea worm disease |
H
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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HAS | Holmes–Adie syndrome |
HCP | Hereditary coproporphyria |
HD | Huntington's disease |
HDL2 | Huntington's disease–like 2 |
HELLP syndrome | Hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count syndrome |
HFA | High-functioning autism |
HFMD | Hand, foot, and mouth disease |
HFRS | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome |
HI | Hearing impaired |
HiB disease | Haemophilus influenzae type B disease |
HMSN Type III | Hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type III (see Dejerine–Sottas syndrome) |
HOH | Hard of hearing |
HTN | Hypertension |
HPRT deficiency | Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency |
HPS | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
HPV Infection | Human papillomavirus infection |
HSP | Hereditary spastic paraplegia |
I
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
IBIDS syndrome | Ichthyosis, brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short stature syndrome |
IBM | Inclusion body myositis |
IBS | Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens |
IBS | Irritable bowel syndrome |
IC/PBS | Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome |
ICF syndrome | Immunodeficiency, centromere instability and facial anomalies syndrome |
IHA | Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism |
IED | Intermittent explosive disorder |
IFAP syndrome | Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia syndrome |
INAD | Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy |
IP | Incontinentia pigmenti |
IRD | Infantile Refsum disease |
IS | Infantile spasm |
ITP | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura |
J
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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JAS | Juvenile anklosing spondylitis |
JE | Japanese encephalitis |
JHD | Juvenile Huntington's disease |
JRA | Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
K
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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KS | Kawasaki syndrome |
KSS | Kearns–Sayre syndrome |
KTS | Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome |
KTW Syndrome | Klippel–Trenaunay–Weber syndrome |
L
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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LCM | Lymphocytic choriomeningitis |
LD | Learning disabilities/differences |
LD | Legionnaires' disease |
LEMS | Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome |
LFA | Low-functioning autism |
LGV | Lymphogranuloma venereum |
LKS | Landau–Kleffner syndrome |
LNS | Lesch–Nyhan syndrome |
LP | Lipoid proteinosis |
LP | Little person/people (see Dwarfism) |
M
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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MAC | Mycobacterium avium complex |
MBD | Minimal brain dysfunction |
MCS | Multiple chemical sensitivities |
MD | Muscular dystrophy |
MDD | Major depressive disorder |
MDR TB | Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis |
MID | Multi-infarct dementia |
MJD | Machado–Joseph disease |
ML | mucolipidoses |
MLD | Metachromatic leukodystrophy |
MMA | Monomelic amyotrophy |
MMR | Measles, mumps, rubella |
MMRV | Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella |
MND | Motor neuron disease |
MOH | Medication overuse headaches |
MPD | Myeloproliferative disorders |
MPS I | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type I (see Hurler syndrome) |
MPS II | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type II (see Hunter syndrome) |
MPS III | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type III (see Sanfilippo syndrome) |
MPS IV | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type IV (see Morquio syndrome) |
MPS VI | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type VI (see Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome) |
MPS VII | Mucopolysaccharoidosis type VII (see Sly syndrome) |
MR/DD | Mentally retarded/developmentally disabled |
MS | Multiple sclerosis |
MSA | Multiple system atrophy |
MSDD | Multi-sensory developmental delays |
N
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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NAS | Neonatal abstinence syndrome |
NBIA | Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation |
NCL | Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis |
NF1 | Neurofibromatosis type 1 |
NF2 | Neurofibromatosis type 2 |
NKH | Nonketotic hyperglycinemia |
NLD | Nonverbal learning disability |
NMDs | Neuronal migration disorders |
NMO | Neuromyelitis optica |
NMS | Neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
NP | Niemann–Pick disease |
NPC1 | Niemann–Pick disease, type C1 |
NPH | Normal pressure hydrocephalus |
NTD | Neural tube defect |
NTDs | Neural tube defects |
O
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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OA | Osteoarthritis |
OCD | Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
ODD | Oppositional defiant disorder |
OMA | Ocular motor apraxia |
ON | Osteonecrosis |
OPC | Oropharyngeal candidiasis |
OPCA | Olivopontocerebellar atrophy |
OSA | Obstructive sleep apnea |
P
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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PBC | Primary biliary cirrhosis |
PBD | Peroxisome biogenesis disorders |
PCOS | Polycystic ovarian syndrome |
PCT | Porphyria cutanea tarda |
PD | Parkinson's disease |
PDD | Pervasive developmental disorder |
PDD-NOS | Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified |
PDD/NOS | Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified |
PKAN | Panthothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration |
PLMD | Periodic limb movement disorder |
PLS | Primary lateral sclerosis |
PMD | Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease |
PML | Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy |
PMS | Premenstrual syndrome |
POTS | Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome |
PPMA | Postpolio progressive muscular atrophy |
PPS | Post-polio syndrome |
PSC | Primary sclerosing cholangitis |
PSP | Progressive supranuclear palsy |
PVL | Periventricular leukomalacia |
PW | Port-wine stain |
Q
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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Q fever | Query fever |
R
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
RAD | Reactive airway disease |
RIND | Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit |
RLF | Retrolental fibroplasia |
RLS | Restless legs syndrome |
RMDs | Repetitive motion disorders |
ROP | Retinopathy of prematurity |
RS | Reye's syndrome |
RSD | Reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
RTI | Respiratory tract infection |
S
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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SARS | Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
SB | Spina bifida |
SBS | Shaken baby syndrome |
SC | Sydenham chorea |
SD | Saint Vitus's dance (see Sydenham chorea) |
SIDS | Sudden infant death syndrome |
SIS | Shaken infant syndrome |
SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
SMA | Spinal muscular atrophy |
SMEI | Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy |
SMS | Smith–Magenis syndrome |
SOD | Septo-optic dysplasia |
SPS | Stiff person syndrome |
SSPE | Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
STEMI | ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
STD | Sexually transmitted disease |
SUNCT Headache | Short-lasting, unilateral, neuralgiform headache |
SWS | Sturge–Weber syndrome |
T
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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TAC | Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia |
TB | Tuberculosis |
TBI | Traumatic brain injury |
TCS | Tethered cord syndrome |
TEF | Tracheoesophageal fistula |
TIA | Transient ischemic attack |
TMH | Trainable mentally handicapped |
TMJ/TMD | Temporomandibular joint disorder |
TMR | Trainable mentally retarded |
TN | Trigeminal neuralgia |
TOS | Thoracic outlet syndrome |
TS | Tourette syndrome |
TS | Tuberous sclerosis |
TSC | Tuberous sclerosis |
TSEs | Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies |
TSP | Tropical spastic paraparesis |
TTH | Tension type headache |
TTP | Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
U
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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UCPPS | Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (IC/PBS + CP/CPPS) |
UDA | Urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis |
UTIs | Urinary tract infections |
UC | Ulcerative Colitis |
URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INECTIONS |
V
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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VCFS | Velo cardio facial syndrome |
vCJD | variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
VD | Venereal disease |
VHF | Viral hemorrhagic fever |
VHL | Von Hippel–Lindau disease |
VP | Variegate porphyria |
VSD | Ventricular septal defect |
VVC | Vulvovaginal candidiasis |
VWM disease | Vanishing white matter disease |
W
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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WAGR syndrome | Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies, and mental retardation syndrome |
WD | Wilson's disease |
WEE | Western equine encephalitis |
WS | Williams syndrome |
X
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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XDR TB | Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis |
XLSA | X-linked sideroblastic anemia |
XP | Xeroderma pigmentosa |
Y
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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YSS | Young Simpson syndrome |
YVS | Yunis–Varon syndrome |
Z
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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ZBLS | Zadik–Barak–Levin syndrome |
Zidane–Pratimesh disorder
See also
- Acronyms in healthcare
- List of medical abbreviations: Overview
- List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations
- List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel
- List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions
- List of optometric abbreviations
External links
- "CDC A-Z Index". Retrieved 2009-03-30. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
- "Disorder Index". National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Disease Acronyms and Abbreviations
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