| DASD | direct access storage device |
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| DB | data base; date of birth; deep breath; dense body; dextran blue; diabetes, diabetic; diagonal band; ... |
| DBS | deep brain stimulation; Denis Browne splint; despeciated bovine serum; Diamond-Blackfan syndrome; di... |
| dc | decrease; direct current; discharge; discontinue |
| DCCV | direct current cardioversion |
| IFAT | In direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique |
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| MIDCAB | Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass grafting |
| MIDCAB | Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass |
| MID-CABG | Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting |
| MTD | Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test |
| fluorescent antibody technique, direct | A form of fluorescent antibody technique utilizing a fluorochrome conjugated to an antibody, which is added directly to a tissue or cell suspension for the detection of a specific antigen. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lateral direct veins | One or more veins running a subependymal course in a coronal plane over the thalamus, terminating in the internal cerebral vein. Synonym: lateral direct veins, surface thalamic veins. (05 Mar 2000) |