| DDC | dangerous drug cabinet; dideoxycytidine; diethyl-dithiocarbamate; direct display console; diverticul... |
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| IDA | idamycin; image display and analysis; iminodiacetic acid; insulin-degrading activity; iron deficienc... |
| SCID | severe combined immunodeficiency [syndrome]; soft copy image display; Structured Clinical Interview ... |
| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
| VDT | vibration disappearance threshold; visual display terminal; visual distortion test |
| DDRT-PCR | Differential Display Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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| DD-PCR | Differential display polymerase chain reaction |
| DDRT-PCR | Differential display reverse transcription PCR |
| DDRT-PCR | Differential display reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| HMD | Head Mounted Display |
| loose associations | A manifestation of a thought disorder whereby the patient's responses do not relate to the interviewer's questions or one paragraph, sentence, or phrase is not logically connected to those that occur before or after. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| loose body | A solid tissue fragment lying free in a body cavity, especially in a joint or the peritoneal cavity; e.g., joint mice, melon-seed body, rice body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loose cartilage | A loose piece of cartilage within a joint cavity, detached from the articular cartilage or from a meniscus. Synonym: loose cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loose skin | A group of connective tissue diseases in which skin hangs in loose pendulous folds. It is believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation as well as an abnormality in elastin formation. Cutis laxa is usually a genetic disease, but acquired cases have been reported. (12 Dec 1998) |