| NDS | Naval Dental School; neurologic deficit score; new drug submission; normal dog serum |
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| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| NG | nasogastric; neoplastic growth; new growth; nitroglycerin; nodose ganglion; no growth; not given |
| nn | nerves; new name [Lat. nomen novum] |
| NND | neonatal death; New and Nonofficial Drugs; nonspecific nonerosive duodenitis |
| NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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| NDU | Nursing Development Unit |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PEG-rHuMGDF | PEGylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor |
| PDI | Psychomotor Development Index |
| land conservation and development commission | (LCDC) A commission appointed to determine land use policy in Oregon. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| language development | The gradual expansion in complexity and meaning of symbols and sounds as perceived and interpreted by the individual through a maturational and learning process. Stages in development include babbling, cooing, word imitation with cognition, and use of short sentences. (12 Dec 1998) |
| language development disorders | Failure to understand or speak the language at the expected age. Causal factors include slow maturation, hearing loss, brain injury, mental retardation and emotional disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library collection development | Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting. (12 Dec 1998) |