Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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SBCS Stockholm Breast Cancer Study
SBD selective bowel decontamination; senile brain disease
S-BD seizure-brain damage
SbDH sorbitol dehydrogenase
SBDX scanning beam digital x-ray
SBE breast self-examination; short below-elbow [cast]; shortness of breath on exertion; small bowel enema; small bowel enteroscopy; subacute bacterial endocarditis
SBEH social behavior [UMLS]
SBET Society for Biomedical Engineering Technicians
SBEPI sinusoidal blipped echo-planar imaging
S/β sickle cell beta-thalassemia
SBF serologic-blocking factor; skin blood flow; specific blocking factor; splanchnic blood flow; systemic blood flow
SBFT small bowel follow-through
SBG selenite brilliant green
SBH Sabra hypertensive [rat]; sea-blue histiocyte; small basophilic hemocyte
SBHC school-based health center
SBI shape-based interpolation
SBIAB secondary bacterial infection acute bronchitis
SBIS Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
SBL soybean lecithin
sBL sporadic Burkitt lymphoma
SBLA sarcoma, breast and brain tumors, leukemia, laryngeal and lung cancer, and adrenal cortical carcinoma
SB-LM Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test-Form LM
SBM scientific basis of medicine; sexual intercourse between men; Solomon-Bloembergen-Morgan [equation]
SBMA spinal bulbar muscular atrophy
SBN State Board of Nursing
SBN₂ single-breath nitrogen [test]
SBNS Society of British Neurological Surgeons
SBNT single-breath nitrogen test
SBNW single-breath nitrogen washout
SBO small bowel obstruction; spina bifida occulta
SBOM soybean oil meal
SBP schizobipolar; serotonin-binding protein; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; steroid-binding plasma [protein]; sulfobromophthalein; symmetric biphasic; systemic blood pressure; systolic blood pressure
SBQ Smoking Behavior Questionnaire
SBR small bowel resection; small box respirator; spleen-to-body [weight] ratio; strict bed rest; styrene-butadiene rubber
SBRN sensory branch of radial nerve
SBRS senior biomedical research service
SBRT split beam rotation therapy
SBS secondary bilateral synchrony; shaken baby syndrome; short bowel syndrome; sick building syndrome; sinobronchial syndrome; skull base surgery; small bowel series; social breakdown syndrome; straight back syndrome; substrate-binding strand
SBSP simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax
SBSS Seligmann's buffered salt solution
SBT sequence-based typing; serum bactericidal titer; single-breath test; sulbactam
SBTI soybean trypsin inhibitor
SBTPE State Boards Test Pool Examination
SBTT small bowel transit time
SBV singular binocular vision; soilborne virus
SB^V pentavalent antimonial
SBW standard body weight
SC conditioned stimulus; sacrococcygeal; Sanitary Corps; sarcomatous component; scalenus [muscle]; scan computer; scapula; Schüller-Christian [disease]; Schwann cell; Schwarz criterion; sciatica; science; sclerosing cholangitis; secondary cleavage; secretory component; self care; semicircular; semilunar valve closure; serum complement; serum creatinine; service-connected; sex chromatin; Sezary cell; short circuit; sick call; sickle cell; sieving coefficient; sigmoid colon; silicone-coated; single chemical; skin conduction; slice collimation; slow component; Snellen chart; sodium citrate; soluble complex; special care; specialty clinic; spinal canal; spinal cord; squamous carcinoma; start conversion; statistical control; stepped care; sternoclavicular; stratum corneum; subcellular; subclavian; subcorneal; subcortical; subcostal; subcutaneous [JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]; subtotal colectomy; succinylcholine; sugar-coated; sulfur-containing; supercoil cruciform [deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA]; supercomputing; superior colliculus; supportive care; supraclavicular; surface colony; surface cooling; switching circuit; systemic candidiasis; systolic click
S/C subcutaneous; sugar-coated [pill]
S-C sickle cell
S&C sclerae and conjunctivae
Sc scandium; scapula; science, scientific; screening
sC statcoulomb
sc subcutaneous
SCA self-care agency; senescent cell antigen; severe congenital anomaly; sickle-cell anemia; single-camera autostereoscopic [imaging]; single-channel analyzer; sperm-coating antigen; spinocerebellar ataxia; starburst calcification; steroidal-cell antibody; subclavian artery; superior cerebellar artery; suppressor cell activity; survivor of cardiac arrest
Sca-1 stem cell antigen 1
SCAA Skin Care Association of America; sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy
SCABG single coronary artery bypass
SCAD short chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase; spontaneous coronary artery dissection
SCAG Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric [Rating]
SCAI Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
SCAM statistical classification of activities of molecules
SCAMC Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
SCAMIA Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
SCAMIN Self-Concept and Motivation Inventory
SCAMP Stanford Coronary Artery Monitoring Project
SCAN Schedules for Clinical Assessment of Neuropsychiatry; suspected child abuse and neglect; systolic coronary artery narrowing
SCAP scapula
SCAR sequence characterized amplified region; severe cutaneous adverse reactions; Society for Computer Application in Radiology
SCARF skeletal abnormalities, cutis laxa, craniostenosis, psychomotor retardation, facial abnormalities [syndrome]
SCARI Spinal Cord Injury Assessment of Risk Index
SCARMD severe childhood autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy
SCAT sheep cell agglutination test; sickle cell anemia test; Simvastatin and Enalapril Coronary Atherosclerosis Trial; Sports Competition Anxiety Test
SCAV Sunday Canyon virus
SCAVF spinal cord arteriovenous fistula
SCAVM spinal cord arteriovenous malformation
SCB strictly confined to bed
SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus
SCBE single contrast barium enema
SCBF spinal cord blood flow
SCBG symmetric calcification of the basal cerebral ganglia
SCBH systemic cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity
SCBP stratum corneum basic protein
SCC self-care center; sequential combination chemotherapy; services for crippled children; short-course chemotherapy; sickle cell disease; side chain cleavage; small-cell carcinoma; small cleaved cell; spinal cord compression; standardized coding and classification; squamous cell carcinoma; symptom cluster constraint
SC4C subcostal four-chamber [view]
SCCA single-cell cytotoxicity assay; small-cell carcinoma
SCCB small-cell carcinoma of the bronchus
SCCC squamous cell cervical carcinoma
SCCH sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis
SCCHN squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
SCCHO sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis
SCCL small cell carcinoma of the lung
SCCM Sertoli cell culture medium; Society of Critical Care Medicine
SCCT severe cerebrocranial trauma
SCD scleroderma; sequential compression device; service-connected disability; sickle-cell disease; spinocerebellar degeneration; subacute combined degeneration; subacute coronary disease; sudden cardiac death; sudden coronary death; support clinical database; systemic carnitine deficiency
ScD Doctor of Science
SCDA situational control of daily activities [scale]
ScDA right scapuloanterior [fetal position, Lat. scapulodextra anterior]
SCDF skin condition data form
SCD-HeFT Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure: Trial of Prophylactic Amiodarone vs Implantable Defibrillator Therapy
SCDNT self-care deficit nursing theory
ScDP right scapuloposterior [fetal position, Lat. scapulodextra posterior]
SCE secretory carcinoma of the endometrium; serious cardiac event; sister chromatid exchange; split hand-cleft lip/palate ectodermal [dysplasia]; subcutaneous emphysema
SCe somatic cell
SCED single case experimental design
SCEP sandwich counterelectrophoresis; spinal cord evoked potential
SCER sister chromatid exchange rate
SCES subjective computer experience scale
SCETI Stanford Computer-based Educator Training Intervention
SceTy1V Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty1 virus
SceTy2V Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty2 virus
SceTy3V Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty3 virus
SceTy4V Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty4 virus
SceTy5V Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty5 virus
SCF sinusoid containing blood flow; Skin Cancer Foundation; stem cell factor; subcostal frontal [view]
SCFA short-chain fatty acid
SCFE slipped capital femoral epiphysis
SCG scaled conjugate gradient; serum chemistry graft; serum chemogram; sodium cromoglycate; superior cervical ganglion
SCGE single-cell gel electrophoresis
SCH student contact hour; succinylcholine
SCh succinylchloride; succinylcholine
SChE serum cholinesterase
S/CHIP State Children's Health Insurance Program
schiz schizophrenia
SCHL subcapsular hematoma of the liver
SCI Science Citation Index; Scottish Care Information; serial communication interface; spinal cord injury; structured clinical interview
Sci science, scientific
SCID severe combined immunodeficiency [syndrome]; soft copy image display; Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV [diagnosis]
SCIDS severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
SCIDX severe combined immunodeficiency disease, X-linked
SCIEH Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health
SCII Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory
SCIM spinal cord injury medicine
SCINT, scint scintigraphy
SCIS spinal cord injury service
SCIU spinal cord injury unit
SCIV subcutaneous intravenous; Subcutaneous vs Intravenous Heparin in Deep Venous Thrombosis [study]
SCIWORA spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality
SCJ squamocolumnar junction; sternoclavicular joint; sternocostal joint
sCJD sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
SCK serum creatine kinase
SCL scleroderma; serum copper level; sinus cycle length; skin conductance level; soft contact lens; stromal cell line; subcostal lateral [view]; symptom checklist; syndrome checklist
SCL-90 symptom checklist 90
scl sclerosis, sclerotic, sclerosed
ScLA left scapuloanterior [fetal position, Lat. scapulolaeva anterior]
SCLBCL secondary cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma
SCLC small cell lung carcinoma
SCLD sickle-cell chronic lung disease
SCLE subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
scler sclerosis, scleroderma
SCLH subcortical laminar heterotopia
ScLP left scapuloposterior [fetal position, Lat. scapulolaeva posterior]
SCL-90-R symptom checklist 90, revised
SCLS systemic capillary leak syndrome
SCM scanning capacitance microscopy; Schwann cell membrane; sensation, circulation, and motion; single chip microcomputer; Society of Computer Medicine; soluble cytotoxic medium; spleen cell-conditioned medium; split cord malformation; spondylitic caudal myelopathy; State Certified Midwife; streptococcal cell membrane; sternocleidomastoid; subclavius muscle; subcutaneous mastectomy; supernumerary marker chromosome; surface-connecting membrane
SCMC spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity
SCMO Senior Clerical Medical Officer
SCN coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; severe chronic neutropenia; special care nursing; suprachiasmatic nucleus
SCN1A sodium channel, neuronal alpha-subunit type 1
SCN5A sodium channel gene
SCNS subcutaneous nerve stimulation
SCNT somatic cell nuclear transfer
ScNV-20S Saccharomyces cerevisiae narnavirus 20S
ScNV-23S Saccharomyces cerevisiae narnavirus 23S
SCO sclerocystic ovary; somatic crossing-over; subcommissural organ
SCOP scopolamine; structural classification of proteins; systematic classification of proteins
SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment; Study of Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly; Surveillance and Control of Pathogens of Epidemiologic Importance [study]
SCOPEG symmetric, centrally-ordered, phase encoded group [imaging]
SCOPME Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education [UK]
SCOR Specialized Center for Research [NIH]
SCORES Stent Comparative Restenosis [trial]
SCOT social construction of technology; subcostal [right ventricle] outflow [view]
SCP single-celled protein; smoking cessation program; sodium cellulose phosphate; soluble cytoplasmic protein; specialty care physician; standard care plan; sterol carrier protein; submucous cleft palate; superior cerebral peduncle
scp spherical candle power
SCPE simplified collective protective equipment
SCPK serum creatine phosphokinase
SCPL supracricoid partial laryngectomy
SCPM somatic crossover point mapping
SCPN serum carboxypeptidase N
SCPNT Southern California Postrotary Nystagmus Test
SCPR standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation
S-CPR standard post-compression remodeling
SCPS Skin Cancer Prevention Study
SCPT schizophrenic chronic paranoid type
SCR Schick conversion rate; short consensus repeat; silicon-controlled rectifier; skin conductance response; slow-cycling rhodopsin; spondylitic caudal radiculopathy
SCr, Scr serum creatinine
sCR1 soluble complement receptor type 1
scr scruple
SCRAM speech-controlled respirometer for ambulation measurement
SCRAS Sheehan clinician-rated anxiety scale
SCRF surface coil rotating frame; Systematized Nomenclature in Medicine Cross-Reference Field
SCRIP Stanford Coronary Risk Intervention Project
SCRIPPS Scripps Coronary Radiation to Inhibit Proliferation Post-stenting [trial]
SCRIPT Smoking Cessation-Reduction in Pregnancy Trial
scRNA small cytoplasmic ribonucleic acid
SCRT stereotactic conformation radiotherapy
SCS Saethre-Chotzen syndrome; Seven Country Study; shared computer system; silicon-controlled switch; slow channel syndrome; Society of Clinical Surgery; specialized chromatin structure; spinal canal stenosis; spinal cord stimulation; splatter control shield; splint classification system [American Association of Hand Therapists, ASHT]; synovial chondrosarcoma; systolic click syndrome
SCSA sperm chromatin structure assay; subcostal short axis
SCSB static charge sensitive bed
SCSI small computer system interface