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.RAN
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 |
AERD | Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease |
AF | Atrial fibrillation |
AGS | Aicardi–Goutieres syndrome |
AHC | Alternating hemiplegia of childhood |
AHF | Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever |
AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
AIP | Acute intermittent porphyria |
ALA DD | Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) |
ALD | Alcoholic liver disease |
ALI | Acute lung injury |
ALL | Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia |
ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
AML | Acute myelogenous leukemia |
AOCD | Anemia of chronic disease |
AODM | Adult onset diabetes mellitus |
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 |
ASCVD | Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
ASD | Atrial septal defect |
ASDs | Autism spectrum disorders |
ASHF | Acute systolic heart failure |
ASS | African sleeping sickness |
A-T | Ataxia-telangiectasia |
AVMs | Arteriovenous malformations |
B
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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BA | Bronchial Asthma |
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 |
BPAD | Bipolar affective disorder |
BPD | Borderline personality disorder (often misattributed to bipolar disorder) |
BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BS | Bloom's syndrome |
BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
BSS | Brown-Séquard syndrome |
BV | Bacterial vaginosis |
C
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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CA | Cancer |
CACH | Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) |
CAD | Coronary artery disease |
CADASIL | Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy |
CAP | Community acquired pneumonia |
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 |
CDHF | Chronic diastolic heart failure |
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 |
CIP | Congenital insensitivity to pain |
CJD | Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
CML | Chronic myelogenous leukemia |
CMs | Chiari malformations |
CMT disease | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease |
CMT1A | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A |
CMT1B | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1B |
CMT1C | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1C |
CMT1D | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1D |
CMT1E | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1E |
CMT1F | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1F |
CMT1X | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1X |
CMT2 | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 |
COFS | Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome |
COLD | Chronic obstructive lung disease |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
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) |
CRE | Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae |
CRF | Chronic renal failure |
CRKP | Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae |
CRPS | Complex regional pain syndrome |
CSA | Central sleep apnea |
CSD | Cat scratch disease |
CTE | Chronic traumatic encephalopathy |
CTF | Colorado tick fever |
CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
CWD | Chronic wasting 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 |
DHF | Diastolic heart failure |
DHPR | Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency |
DI | Diabetes insipidus |
DiG | DiGeorge syndrome |
DISH | Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis |
DJD | Degenerative joint disease |
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) |
DPT | Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus |
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 |
ED | Erectile dysfunction |
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 (see central pontine myelinolysis) |
EPP | Erythropoietic protoporphyria |
ESRD | End-stage renal disease |
ESS | Empty sella syndrome |
EVD | Ebola Virus Disease |
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 |
FUO | Fever of unknown origin |
FVS | Fetal valproate syndrome |
Fx | Fracture |
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–Sträussler–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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H1N1 flu | Hemagglutinin Type 1 and Neuraminidase Type 1 influenza |
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 |
HeV Infection | Hendra virus infection |
HF | Heart failure |
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 |
HIBM | Hereditary inclusion body myopathy |
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 |
ID | Infectious disease |
IED | Intermittent explosive disorder |
IFAP syndrome | Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia syndrome |
IHA | Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism |
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 ankylosing spondylitis |
JE | Japanese encephalitis |
JHD | Juvenile Huntington's disease |
JODM | Juvenile onset diabetes mellitus |
JRA | Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
K
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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KFD | Kyasanur Forest disease |
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) |
LUHF | Lujo Hemorrhagic Fever |
M
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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MAC | Mycobacterium avium complex |
MBD | Minimal brain dysfunction |
MCS | Multiple chemical sensitivities |
MD | Muscular dystrophy |
MDS | Myoclonic dystonia |
MDD | Major depressive disorder |
MDR TB | Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis |
ME | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
MERS | Middle East respiratory syndrome |
MI | Myocardial infarction |
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 |
MODY | Maturity-onset diabetes of the young |
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 |
NCIP | Novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia |
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 |
NTDs | Neglected tropical diseases |
O
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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OA | Osteoarthritis |
OCD | Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
ODD | Oppositional defiant disorder |
OHF | Omsk hemorrhagic fever |
OMA | Oculomotor 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 |
PE | Pulmonary embolism |
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 | Post-polio 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 |
QPD | Quebec platelet disorder |
QPS | Quebec platelet syndrome |
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 |
RVF | Rift Valley fever |
S
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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SARS | Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
SB | Spina bifida |
SBMD | Sensory-based motor disorder |
SBS | Shaken baby syndrome |
SC | Sydenham chorea |
SD | Saint Vitus's dance (see Sydenham chorea) |
SDD | Sensory discrimination disorder |
SHF | Systolic heart failure |
SIDS | Sudden infant death syndrome |
SIRS | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
SIS | Shaken infant syndrome |
SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
SM | Selective Mutism |
SMA | Spinal muscular atrophy |
SMD | Sensory modulation disorder |
SMEI | Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy |
SMS | Smith–Magenis syndrome |
SOD | Septo-optic dysplasia |
SPD | Sensory processing disorder |
SPS | Stiff person syndrome |
SSPE | Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
STEMI | ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
STD | Sexually transmitted disease |
SUNCT | Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing |
SWS | Sturge–Weber syndrome |
T
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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TAC | Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia |
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/BPS + CP/CPPS) |
UDA | Urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis |
UTI | Urinary tract infection |
UC | Ulcerative colitis |
URI | Upper respiratory infection |
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 |
VWD | Von Willebrand disease |
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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X-ALD | X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy |
X-CALD | X-linked cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy |
XDH and AOX dual deficiency | Xanthine dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase combined deficiency |
XDH deficiency | Xanthine dehydrogenase deficiency |
XDP | X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism |
XDR TB | Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis |
XHED | X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia |
XLSA | X-linked sideroblastic anemia |
XMEN | X-linked immunodeficiency with magnesium defect, Epstein-Barr virus infection and neoplasia |
XP | Xeroderma pigmentosa |
XSCID | X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency |
XXX syndrome | Triple X syndrome |
Y
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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YF | Yellow Fever |
YNS | Yellow nail syndrome |
YSS | Young–Simpson syndrome |
YVS | Yunis–Varon syndrome |
YY syndrome | Double Y syndrome |
Z
Acronyms | Diseases and disorders |
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ZAP-70 deficiency | Zeta-associated-protein 70 deficiency |
ZBLS | Zadik–Barak–Levin syndrome |
ZES | Zollinger-Ellison syndrome |
ZLS | Zimmermann-Laband syndrome |
ZS | Zellweger syndrome |
ZTTK syndrome | Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome |
See also
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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