List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders

This list contains acronyms and initials related to diseases (infectious or non-infectious) and medical disorders.

A

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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 (see Blau syndrome)
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	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
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

B

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

C

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

D

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

E

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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
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
GAD	Generalized 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

H

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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
HPD	Histrionic personality disorder
HPS	Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
HPV Infection	Human papillomavirus infection
HSP	Hereditary spastic paraplegia

I

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

J

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

K

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
KC	Keratoconus
KFD	Kyasanur Forest disease
KS	Kawasaki syndrome
KSS	Kearns–Sayre syndrome
KTS	Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome
KTW Syndrome	Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber syndrome

L

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

M

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

N

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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
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

P

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

Q

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
Q fever	Query fever
QMS	Qazi–Markouizos syndrome
QPD	Qualitative platelet defect
QPD	Quebec platelet disorder
QPS	Quebec platelet syndrome
QTT	Queensland tick typhus

R

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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
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

T

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

U

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

V

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

W

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

X

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
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

Y

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
YF	Yellow Fever
YNS	Yellow nail syndrome
YSS	Young–Simpson syndrome
YVS	Yunis–Varon syndrome
YY syndrome	Double Y syndrome	YY syndrome	Double Y syndrome

Z

Acronyms	Diseases and disorders
ZAP-70 deficiency	Zeta-associated-protein 70 deficiency
ZBLS	Zadik–Barak–Levin syndrome
ZES	Zollinger–Ellison syndrome
ZLS	Zimmermann–Laband syndrome
ZS	Zellweger syndrome
ZSD	Zellweger spectrum disorders
ZSS	Zellweger syndrome spectrum
ZTTK syndrome	Zhu–Tokita–Takenouchi–Kim syndrome

See also

• Acronyms in healthcare
• List of medical abbreviations: Overview
• List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations
• List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel
• List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions
• List of optometric abbreviations

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
• Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)