List of abbreviations for diseases
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| A |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| AAA |
Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| AAS |
Aarskog–Scott syndrome |
| ABCD syndrome |
Albinism, black lock, cell migration disorder |
| ABPA |
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
| ACC |
Agenesis of the corpus callosum |
| ACS |
Acute coronary syndrome |
| ACTH deficiency |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency |
| ACUG |
Arthrocutaneouveal granulomatosis |
| ACVD |
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
| 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 or A-fib |
Atrial fibrillation |
| AGS |
Aicardi–Goutières syndrome |
| AH |
Acquired hemophilia |
| AHA |
Acquired hemophilia A |
| AHB |
Acquired hemophilia B |
| 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 |
| AN |
Anorexia nervosa |
| AOCD |
Anaemia 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 |
| ARM |
Anorectal malformation |
| AS |
Ankylosing spondylitis |
| AS |
Asperger syndrome |
| ASCVD |
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
| ASD |
Atrial septal defect |
| ASD(s) |
Autism spectrum disorders |
| ASHF |
Acute systolic heart failure |
| ASS |
African sleeping sickness |
| A-T |
Ataxia-telangiectasia |
| AVMs |
Arteriovenous malformations |
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| B |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| BA |
Bronchial Asthma |
| BBS |
Bardet-Biedl syndrome |
| BBS |
Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) |
| BEB |
Benign essential blepharospasm |
| BD |
Behçet disease |
| BD |
Binswanger’s disease |
| BEH |
Behaviorally/emotionally handicapped |
| BH |
Behaviorally handicapped |
| BL |
Burkitt lymphoma |
| BMD |
Becker’s muscular dystrophy |
| BPAD |
Bipolar affective disorder |
| BPD |
Borderline personality disorder (often misattributed to bipolar disorder) |
| BPH |
Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| BRBNS |
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome |
| BRIC1 |
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis 1 |
| BRRS |
Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome |
| BrS |
Brugada syndrome |
| BS |
Bloom syndrome |
| BSE |
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BSS |
Brown-Séquard syndrome |
| BV |
Bacterial vaginosis |
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| C |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| CAPA |
COVID-19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis |
| 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 |
| CLOVES syndrome |
Congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal nevi, and skeletal/spinal abnormalities syndrome |
| 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 |
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| D |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| DIC |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| DID |
Dissociative Identity Disorder |
| 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 |
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| E |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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/F |
End-stage renal disease/failure |
| ESS |
Empty sella syndrome |
| EVD |
Ebola Virus Disease |
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| F |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
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| G |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| GAD |
Generalised anxiety disorder |
| GAN |
Giant axonal neuropathy |
| GAS disease |
Group A Streptococcal disease |
| GAVE |
Gastric antral vascular ectasia (see Watermelon stomach) |
| 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 |
| GORD |
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease |
| GSS disease |
Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease |
| GT/LD |
Gifted and learning disabled |
| GVHD |
Graft-versus-host disease |
| GWD |
Guinea worm disease |
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| H |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
Haemorrhagic 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 |
| HPD |
Histrionic personality disorder |
| HPS |
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
| HPV Infection |
Human papillomavirus infection |
| HUS |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome |
| HSP |
Hereditary spastic paraplegia |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| IAPA |
Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis |
| 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 |
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| J |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| JAS |
Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis |
| JBS |
Johanson–Blizzard syndrome |
| JE |
Japanese encephalitis |
| JHD |
Juvenile Huntington’s disease |
| JMML |
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia |
| JODM |
Juvenile onset diabetes mellitus |
| JPA |
Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma |
| JRA |
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
| JWS |
Jackson–Weiss syndrome |
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| K |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| KC |
Keratoconus |
| KFD |
Kyasanur Forest disease |
| KS |
Kawasaki syndrome |
| KSS |
Kearns–Sayre syndrome |
| KTS |
Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome |
| KTW Syndrome |
Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber syndrome |
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| L |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| LCM |
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis |
| LD(s) |
Learning disabilities/difficulties/differences/disorder |
| 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) |
| LPR |
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux |
| LUHF |
Lujo Hemorrhagic Fever |
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| M |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| ME/CFS |
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome |
| MERS |
Middle East respiratory syndrome |
| MFS |
Marfan syndrome |
| MI |
Myocardial infarction |
| MID |
Multi-infarct dementia |
| MIS |
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome |
| MIS-A |
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in adults |
| MIS-C |
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children |
| 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) |
| MPX |
Monkeypox |
| MR/DD |
Mentally retarded/developmentally disabled |
| MS |
Multiple sclerosis |
| MSA |
Multiple system atrophy |
| MSDD |
Multi-sensory developmental delays |
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| N |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
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| O |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| OSDD |
Other Specified Dissociative Disorder |
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| P |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| PDS |
Pokkuri Death Syndrome |
| 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 |
| PTSD |
Post-traumatic stress disorder |
| PVL |
Periventricular leukomalacia |
| PW |
Port-wine stain |
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| Q |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| Q fever |
Query fever |
| QMS |
Qazi–Markouizos syndrome |
| QPD |
Qualitative platelet defect |
| QPD |
Quebec platelet disorder |
| QPS |
Quebec platelet syndrome |
| QTT |
Queensland tick typhus |
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| R |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
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| S |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| SADS |
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome |
| 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 |
| SDS |
Sudden death syndrome |
| 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 |
| SJS |
Stevens–Johnson syndrome |
| 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 |
| STI |
Sexually transmitted infection |
| SUNCT |
Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing |
| SUNDS |
Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome |
| SWS |
Sturge–Weber syndrome |
| SLOS |
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome |
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| T |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| TAC |
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia |
| TAO |
Thromboangiitis obliterans |
| 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 |
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| U |
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| Acronyms |
Disease |
| UCPPS |
Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS + CP/CPPS) |
| UCD |
Unicentric Castleman disease |
| UDA |
Urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis |
| UFS |
Urofacial syndrome |
| USP7-related diseases |
Ubiquitin specific protease 7-related diseases |
| UTI |
Urinary tract infection |
| UC |
Ulcerative colitis |
| URI |
Upper respiratory infection |
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| V |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| VACTERL-H |
Vertebral abnormalities, Anal atresia, Cardiac defects, Tracheoesophageal fistula, Esophageal atresia, Renal and radial abnormalities, Limb abnormalities with Hydrocephalus |
| VAED |
Vaccine-associated enhanced disease |
| VCFS |
Velo cardio facial syndrome |
| vCJD |
variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
| VD |
Venereal disease |
| VHF |
Viral hemorrhagic fever |
| VHL |
Von Hippel–Lindau disease |
| VKC |
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis |
| VKH |
Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease |
| VOD |
veno-occlusive disease |
| VP |
Variegate porphyria |
| VSD |
Ventricular septal defect |
| VVC |
Vulvovaginal candidiasis |
| VWD |
Von Willebrand disease |
| VWM disease |
Vanishing white matter disease |
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| W |
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| Acronyms |
Disease |
| WAGR syndrome |
Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies, and mental retardation syndrome |
| WD |
Wilson’s disease |
| WEE |
Western equine encephalitis |
| WS |
Williams syndrome |
| WS4 |
Waardenburg syndrome type 4 |
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| X |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| 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 |
| XLMTM |
X-linked myotubular myopathy |
| XLOS |
X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome |
| XLP syndrome |
X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (see Duncan Disease) |
| XLSA |
X-linked sideroblastic anemia |
| XMEA |
X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy |
| 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 |
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| Abbreviation |
Disease |
| YF |
Yellow Fever |
| YNS |
Yellow nail syndrome |
| YSS |
Young–Simpson syndrome |
| YVS |
Yunis–Varon syndrome |
| YY syndrome |
Double Y syndrome |
