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Abbreviations
A
A1C, A1c, GHB, GHb, hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c, Hb1c, HbA1c:
Hemoglobin A1c (a lab test for diabetes)
AADE:
American Association of Diabetes Educators (former name of the
ACE-I: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (a class of medications for treatment of hypertension)
ADA:
ADCES:
AGEs:
Advanced glycosylation end products
AODM: Adult-onset diabetes mellitus (a former term for type 2 diabetes) ARB: Angiotensin receptor blocker (a class of medications for treatment of hypertension) ASCVD: Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease or Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 
B
BG: Blood Glucose
BMI:
Body Mass Index BS: Blood Sugar
BUN: Blood urea nitrogen. A laboratory test used to assess kidney function.
C
c̄: with. This abbreviation is frequently used by medical professionals when hand-writing prescriptions, and in other situations where shorthand is used.
CDA:
Canadian Diabetes Association (a not-for-profit diabetes organization)
CDC:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (A U.S. Government Agency)
CDE:
Certified Diabetes Educator
CGM:
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
CGMS:
Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
CHD:
Coronary Heart Disease
CHF:
Congestive Heart Failure
CSII: Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (delivery of insulin by insulin pump) CV: Cardiovascular
CVA:
Cerebrovascular accident (The medical term for stroke)
D
dblog: A blog (web log) about diabetes.
DHD:
Diabetic Heart Disease
DM: Diabetes Mellitus
DPP-4 Inhibitor, DPP-IV Inhibitor, DPP4I:
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (a class of diabetes medications)
DKA: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (a complication of uncontrolled diabetes)
E
eAG:
Estimated Average Glucose.
EASD:
European Association for the Study of Diabetes
(a multinational diabetes organization)
ED:
Erectile Dysfunction
or
Erectile Disorder
ER: Emergency Room
F
FACE:
Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology
FACP:
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose FBS: Fasting Blood Sugar
FDA:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (A U.S. Government Agency)
FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose
G
GAD: Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase. Antibodies to GAD are sometimes found in people with
type 1 diabetes.
GDM:
Gestational diabetes mellitus
GFR: Glomerular filtration rate. A measurement of kidney function.
GHB, GHb, HbA1c, A1C, A1c, HbA1c, Hb1c:
Glycated Hemoglobin, also known as Glycosylated Hemoglobin,
also known as Hemoglobin A1c (a lab test for diabetes)
GLP agonists:
Glucagon-like peptide-1 Agonists
GTT, OGTT: Glucose Tolerance Test, also known as Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (a lab test for diabetes)
H
HBGM, SMBG: Home Blood Glucose Monitoring, also known as Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose
HbA1c, Hb1c, GHB, GHb, HbA1c, A1C, A1c):
Hemoglobin A1c (a lab test for diabetes)
HBP:
High blood pressure (hypertension)
HDL cholesterol:
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
HHNC / HHNS: Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma / hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome. A complication of diabetes in which there is extremely high blood glucose levels with minimal or no ketones.
HLA: Human leukocyte antigen.
I
IAA: Insulin autoantibodies
ICA: Islet cell autoantibodies
IDDM: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (a former term for type 1 diabetes)
IDF:
International Diabetes Federation (a multinational diabetes organization)
IFG:
Impaired fasting glucose (a former term for pre-diabetes)
IGT:
Impaired glucose tolerance (a former term for pre-diabetes)
IIT: Intensive Insulin Therapy.
J
JDM: Juvenile diabetes mellitus (a former term for type 1 diabetes)
JDF, JDRF:
A not-for-profit diabetes organization, formerly known as the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and before that, as the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
L
L: Lente (a formerly-used intermediate-acting variety of insulin)
LADA:
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults
or
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults.
LDL cholesterol:
low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol
LGS:
Low Glucose Suspend (a term used in conjunction with insulin pumps that can cease insulin delivery when glucose levels are low)
M
MAA: Marketing Authorization Application (An application for European regulators to review a drug for approval for marketing in the EU. In the US, the equivalent document is called a New Drug Application (NDA).) MDI: Multiple Daily Injections (of insulin) MEN: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (a syndrome with multiple endocrine tumors) mg/dL: Milligrams per deciliter (a unit of measurement used for blood glucose and for other lab tests) mmol/L: Millimoles per liter (a unit of measurement used for blood glucose and for other lab tests) MNT: Medical Nutrition Therapy
MODY:
Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (a less common genetic form of diabetes)
N
NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NCBDE:
National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators
NHLBI:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A U.S. Government Agency)
NDA:
New Drug Application
(An application for the US FDA to review a drug for approval for marketing in the USA. In Europe, the equivalent document is
called a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA).)
NDEP:
National Diabetes Education Program (A U.S. Government Agency)
NDIC:
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (A U.S. Government Agency)
NDM:
Neonatal diabetes mellitus
NICE:
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (A British health organization)
NIDDK:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (A U.S. Government Agency)
NIH:
National Institutes of Health (A U.S. Government Agency)
NIDDM: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (a former term for type 2 diabetes)
NLD:
Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
NOD: Non-obese diabetic. (Non-obese diabetic mice exhibit a susceptibility to spontaneous development of autoimmune diabetes mellitus, and have been used as a model in type 1 diabetes research.)
NPH:
Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (a variety of insulin)
O
OGTT, GTT: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, also known as Glucose Tolerance Test (a lab test for diabetes)
P
PCOS:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
PNDM:
Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus
PubMed:
PubMed (from the National Library of Medicine at the NIH)
PVD: Peripheral Vascular Disease PWD: People with diabetes PZI: Protamine Zinc Insulin (a formerly-used long-acting variety of insulin)
Q
q: Every. This abbreviation is frequently used by medical professionals when hand-writing prescriptions, and in other situations where shorthand is used.
S
s̄: without. This abbreviation is frequently used by medical professionals when hand-writing prescriptions, and in other situations where shorthand is used.
SGLT:
Sodium-glucose transporter. The name of a "transporter protein" in the
kidneys that allows resorption of glucose.
Two variants exist:
sodium-glucose transporter-1 (SGLT1)
and
sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2).
SMBG, HBGM: Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose, also known as Home Blood Glucose Monitoring
SU:
Sulfonylurea (a class of diabetes medications)
T
T1D, T1DM:
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
T2D, T2DM:
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
T3D, T3DM:
Type 3 diabetes mellitus
TIA: Transient ischemic attack. A type of cerebrovascular accident or stroke.
TSA: Transportation Security Administration (a US Government agency)
TZD:
Thiozolidinediones (a class of diabetes medications)
U
U: Units (a measurement of insulin activity) U100, U40, U500: Concentration of insulin activity per unit volume of fluid. U100 has 100 units of insulin per milliliter (ml); it is the most commonly-used strength of insulin. U40 is more dilute, and contains only 40 units of insulin per ml; U500 is more concentrated, and has 500 units of insulin per ml. Other concentrations have also been available (e.g., U80 and U400). U, UL: Ultralente (a formerly-used long-acting variety of insulin) URI: Upper Respiratory Infection UTI: Urinary Tract Infection
V
VLDL cholesterol:
Very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
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