| CHUV | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois | In French | → Higher education, universities |
| CIC | Centre d'Investigation Clinique | In French | |
| CIC | Centre d'Investigations Cliniques | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CICR | Comitè Internacional de la Creu Roja (www.icrc.org) = CICR | Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja | In Spanish = ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross | In English = CICR | Comité International de la Croix-Rouge | In French = CICV | Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha | In Portuguese = МККК | Международный комитет Красного Креста | In Russian = SSKK | Starptautiskā Sarkanā Krusta Komiteja | In Latvian = CICR | Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa | In Italian = ICRC | 적십자 국제 위원회 | In Korean = CICR | Comitât entèrnacionâl de la Crouèx-Roge | FRP |
In Catalan | → Organizations and associations |
| CICR | Comitât entèrnacionâl de la Crouèx-Roge (www.icrc.org) = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (look above) |
[FRP] | → Organizations and associations |
| CICR | Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (www.icrc.org) = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (look above) |
In Spanish | → Organizations and associations |
| CICR | Comité International de la Croix-Rouge (www.icrc.org) = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (look above) |
In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CICR | Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa (www.icrc.org) = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (look above) |
In Italian | → Organizations and associations |
| CICV | Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha (www.icrc.org) = CICR, ICRC, МККК, SSKK (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Organizations and associations |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (www.cihr.ca) = IRSC | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada | In French |
In English | → Research institutes → Biological sciences |
| CIMA | Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada | In Spanish | |
| CIMLS | Cercle Informatique Médicale entre Lesse et Semois | In French | → Organizations and associations → Computer science |
| CIMR | Cambridge Institute for Medical Research | In English | → Research institutes |
| CIN | Conferencia Internacional sobre Nutrición = ICN | International Conference on Nutrition | In English = CIN | Conférence Internationale sur la Nutrition | In French = CIN | Conferência Internacional sobre Nutrição | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → Congresses → Nutrition |
| CIN | Conférence Internationale sur la Nutrition = ICN (look above) |
In French | → Congresses → Nutrition |
| CIN | Conferência Internacional sobre Nutrição = ICN (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Congresses → Nutrition |
| CINP | Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum | In Latin | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Neurology |
| CIRM | California Institute for Regenerative Medicine | In English | → Biotechnology |
| CIRSE | Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe | In English | → Cardiology |
| CIS | Centre d'Information sur la Surdité | In French | → Libraries → Pathology |
| CISMA | Conférence Internationale sur le Sida et les Maladies sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CISMeF | Catalogage et Indexation des Sites Médicaux Francophones | In French | → Libraries |
| CIVD | Coagulation Intravasculaire Disséminée | In French | → Blood and circulatory system |
| CJK | Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit | In German | → Neurology |
| CJPP | Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physiology → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CLAP | Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatologia e Desenvolvimento Humano (www.clap.ops-oms.org) = CLAP | Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología y Desarrollo Humano | In Spanish |
In Portuguese | → Gynaecology, obstetrics → Pediatry |
| CLAP | Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología y Desarrollo Humano (www.clap.ops-oms.org) = (look above) |
In Spanish | → Gynaecology, obstetrics → Pediatry |
| CLCC | Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer | In French | → Oncology |
| CLIN | Comité de Lutte contre l'Infection Nosocomiale | In French | → Organizations and associations → Infectious diseases |
| CLUD | Comité de Lutte contre La Douleur | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CM | Cervical Mucous | In English | → Gynaecology |
| CMB | Colegiul Medicilor din Bucuresti | In Romanian | |
| CMC | Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Chemical technology |
| CMDR | Colegiul Medicilor Dentisti din România | In Romanian | → Dentistry |
| CMIE | Centre Médical Interentreprises Europe | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| CMIP | Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur | In French | |
| CMM | Centre for Molecular Medicine | In English | → Research institutes |
| CMM | Center for Molecular Medicine | In English | → Research institutes → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| CMPP | Centre médico-psycho-pédagogique | In French | → Psychology → Education |
| CMR | Colegiul Medicilor din România | In Romanian | → Organizations and associations |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | In English | |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus | In German | → Virology → Pathology |
| CMVR | Colegiul Medicilor Veterinari din România | In Romanian | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine |
| CNAS | Casa Naţională de Asigurări de Sănătate | In Romanian | → Public administration, government |
| CNDCA | Comité National de Défense contre l'Alcoolisme | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CNEH | Centre National de l'Équipement Hospitalier | In French | |
| CNEVA | Centre National d'Études Vétérinaires et Alimentaires | In French | → Agricultural sciences → Food technology |
| CNEVA | Centre National d'Études Vétérinaires et Animales | In French | → Zoology → Veterinary medicine |
| CNHIM | Centre National Hospitalier d'Information sur le Médicament | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CNIM | Collège National de l'Information Médicale | In French | |
| CNS | Central Nervous System | In English | → Biological sciences → Anatomy → Neurology |
| CNTS | Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine | In French | → Blood and circulatory system → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularization | In English | → Pathology → Ophtalmology |
| CNV | Choroidal Neovascularisation | In English | → Pathology → Ophtalmology |
| COIR | Clinical Oral Implants Research | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| COLITRAH | Comité de Liaison pour le Transport des Personnes Handicapées | In French | → Transport and postal services |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | In English | → Chest diseases |
| COSSE | Comité pour la Sauvegarde de la Santé et de l'Environnement | In French | → Nature |
| CP | Chronische Polyarthritis | In German | → 6167 |
| CPCAM | Caisse Primaire Centrale d'Assurance-Maladie | In French | → Insurance |
| CPCAMRP | Caisse Primaire Centrale d'Assurance-Maladie de la Région Parisienne | In French | → Insurance |
| CPCET | Centre de Pharmacologie Clinique et d'Évaluations Thérapeutiques | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CPCSS | Carolina Prostate Cancer Screening Study | In English | → Oncology |
| CPCSS | Chiang mai Psychiatric Care-giving Skill Scale | In English | → Psychiatry |
| CPMCM | Commentationes Physico-Mathematicae et Chemico-Medicae | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → Physics → Chemistry |
| CPMP | Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products | In English | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CPNAMB | Caisse Primaire Nationale d'Assurance-Maladie de la Batellerie | In French | → Insurance → Transport and postal services |
| CPPM | Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| CRAM | Caisse Régionale d’Assurance Maladie | In French | → Social welfare |
| CRAMCO | Caisse Régionale d'Assurance-Maladie du Centre Ouest | In French | → Insurance |
| CRAMIF | Caisse Régionale d'Assurance-Maladie de l'Île-de-France | In French | → Insurance |
| CRAT | Centre de Référence sur les Agents Tératogènes | In French | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Oncology |
| CRCHM | Centre de Recherches Chirurgicales Henri Mondor | In French | → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| CRCIL | Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire INSERM-Lariboisière | In French | → Research institutes → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology |
| CREA | Center for Research & Education on Aging | In English | |
| CREDES | Centre de Recherche, d'Étude et de Documentation en Économie de la Santé | In French | → Economics → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CRI | Chronic Renal Insufficiency | In English | → Physiology |
| CRIH | Centre Régional d'Informatique Hospitalière | In French | → Computer science |
| CRISMS | Commission Régionale des Institutions Sociales et Médico-Sociales | In French | → Social welfare |
| CRIT | Clinical Research Informatics Team | In English | |
| CRN | Conselho Regional de Nutricionistas | In Portuguese | → Organizations and associations → Nutrition |
| CRS | Centro de Referencia de Salud | In Spanish | |
| CRS | Controlled Release Society | In English | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CRT | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy | In English | → Cardiology |
| CRTH | Centre Régional de Traitement de l'Hémophilie | In French | → Pathology |
| CRZV | Centre de Recherches Zootechniques et Vétérinaires | In French | → Zoology → Veterinary medicine → Agricultural sciences |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid | In English | → Anatomy → Physiology |
| CSIPMH | Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health | In English | → Psychology → Psychiatry |
| CSIS | Conseil Stratégique des Industries de Santé | In English | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CSP | Comité des Spécialités Pharmaceutiques | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CSRP | Chambre Syndicale de la Répartition Pharmaceutique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CSS | Certificat de Sécurité et de Sauvetage | In French | |
| CTA | Clinical Trial Application | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CTH | Conseiller pour les Travailleurs Handicapés | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| CTNERHI | Centre Technique National d'Études et de Recherches sur les Handicaps et les Inadaptations | In French | → Social sciences |
| CTS | Centre de Transfusion Sanguine | In French | → Blood and circulatory system |
| CUAMM | Collegio Universitario Aspiranti e Medici Missionari | In Italian | → Specialized or (poly)technical colleges |
| CV-ATOD | Centro Virtual de Información sobre Alcohol, Tabaco y otras Drogas = VC-ATOD | Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs | In English |
In Spanish | → Networks, communication |
| DA | Douleur Abdominale | In French | → Pathology |
| DAHW | Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe | In German | → Organizations and associations → Pathology |
| DASES | Direction de l'Action sociale, de l'Enfance et de la Santé | In French | → Public administration, government → Social welfare → Education |
| DASS | Direction de l'Action Sanitaire et Sociale | In French | → Public administration, government → Social welfare |
| DAV | Deutscher Apotheker Verlag (www.deutscher-apotheker-verlag.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DAVF | Dural arteriovenous fistulae = FAVD | Fistule Durale Artérioveineuse Intracrânienne | In French |
In English | → Pathology → Neurology |
| DCEM | Deuxième Cycle des Études Médicales | In French | → Education |
| DCEP | Deuxième Cycle des Études Pharmaceutiques | In French | → Education → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DCI | Denominazione Comune Internazionale = DCI | Dénomination Commune Internationale | In French = INN | International Nonproprietary Name | In English = DCI | Denominación Común Internacional | In Spanish = МНН | Международное непатентованное название | In Russian |
In Italian | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DCI | Denominación Común Internacional = INN, МНН (look above) |
In Spanish | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DCI | Dénomination Commune Internationale = INN, МНН (look above) |
In French | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DCSSA | Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées | In French | → Public administration, government |
| DCTB | Dansk Center for Translationel Brystkræftforskning | In Danish | → Oncology |
| DDASS | Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales | In French | → Regional administration → Social welfare |
| DDD | Dense Deposit Disease | In English | → Physiology → Pathology |
| DDDS | Drug Discovery and Development Summit | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DDG | Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft | In German | → Organizations and associations → Physiology → Pathology |
| DDS | Drug Delivery System | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DE | Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (www.epilepsie.sh) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Neurology |
| DE | Donor Eggs | In English | → Reproductive biology |
| DEGAM | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| DEMAR | Déambulation et Mouvement Artificiel | In French | → Anatomy → Mechanical engineering |
| DES | Drug Eluting Stent | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DETAB | Diplôme d'État de Technicien en Analyses biomédicales | In French | → Education → Biological sciences |
| DG | Dentate Gyrus | In English | → Biological sciences → Anatomy |
| DGGG | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe | In German | → Organizations and associations → Gynaecology → Obstetrics |
| DGHO | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämato-Onkologie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| DGK | Diakonie-Gesundheitszentrum Kassel | In German | → Religion, theology |
| DGK | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Körperpsychotherapie | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| DGK | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Cardiology |
| DGK | Deutsches Grünes Kreuz | In German | |
| DGK | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Koloproktologie | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| DGKJP | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Child psychology → Psychiatry |
| DGN | Deutsches Gesundheitsnetz | In German | |
| DGPPN | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde | In German | → Organizations and associations → Psychology → Neurology → Neurology |
| DGPSA | Direction Générale des Produits de Santé et des Aliments | In French | → Central administration → Pharmacology, toxicology → Food technology |
| DGS | Direction Générale de la Santé | In French | → Central administration |
| DGSMT | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sexualmedizin und Sexualtherapie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Urology → Gynaecology → Psychology |
| DGSP | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin und Prävention | In German | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises |
| DGSS | Direction Générale de la Solidarité et de la Santé | In French | → Central administration → Social welfare |
| DGSS | Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Studium des Schmerzes | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| DGU | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Urology |
| DHF | Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever | In English | → Infectious diseases |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services (www.hhs.gov) | In English | |
| DHS | Department of Health Services | In English | → Public administration, government → Public health and hygiene |
| DHS | Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen | In German | |
| DHTL | Suomen Terveydenhoitajaliitto | In Finnish | → Organizations and associations |
| DI | Donor Insemination | In English | → Reproductive biology |
| DIAID | Division of Immunology, Allergy & Infectious Diseases | In English | → Immunology and allergy → Infectious diseases |
| DIAMSS | Division des Infections Acquises en Milieu de Soins de Santé | In French | → Infectious diseases |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Pathology |
| DID | Diabète insulino-dépendant = IDDM | Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus | In English = DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependente | In Portuguese = DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependiente | In Spanish |
In French | → Physiology → Pathology |
| DIMDI | Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information | In German | → Libraries |
| DIP | Déficit Immunitaire Primitif | In French | → 621017 → Pathology |
| DISS | Direction des Interventions Sanitaires et Sociales | In French | → Social welfare |
| DIVI | Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| DKFZ | Deutsches Krebsforschungsinstitut | In German | → Research institutes → Oncology |
| DKFZ | Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (www.dkfz.de) | In German | → Oncology |
| DKUHD | Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases | In English | → Physiology → Blood and circulatory system → Pathology |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewy Bodies | In English | → Neurology |
| DLPFC | Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex | In English | → Anatomy |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus | In many languages | → Physiology → Pathology |
| DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependente = DID, IDDM (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Physiology → Pathology |
| DMID | Diabetes mellitus insulino-dependiente = DID, IDDM (look above) |
In Spanish | → Physiology → Pathology |
| DMP | Dossier Médical Personnel | In French | |
| DNF | Droits des Non-Fumeurs | In French | → Organizations and associations → Public health and hygiene |
| DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine = DOB | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-bromoamphétamine | In French = DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromamphetamin | In German = ДОБ | 2,5-диметокси-4-бромоамфетамин | In Russian |
In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromamphetamin = ДОБ (look above) |
In German | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DOB | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-bromoamphétamine = ДОБ (look above) |
In French | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DOM | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-méthylamphétamine | In French | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DOPA | Dihydroxophenylalanine | In English | |
| DP | Dermal papilla | In English | → Anatomy |
| DPHM | Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament | In French | → Central administration → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DPNP | Diabetische Polyneuropathie | In German | → Endocrinology → Neurology |
| DPO | Days Past Ovulation | In English | → Gynaecology → Reproductive biology |
| DPRBm | Diplôme Préparatoire à la Recherche Biomédicale | In French | → Higher education, universities → Biological sciences |
| DPSC | Direction des Produits de Santé Commercialisés | In French | → Central administration → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| DRASS | Direction Régionale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales | In French | → Regional administration → Social welfare |
| DRASSIF | Direction Régionale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales d'Île-de-France | In French | → Regional administration → Social welfare |
| DRCT | Département de Recherche Clinique et Thérapeutique | In French | → Biological sciences |
| DRZE | Deutsches Referenzzentrum für Ethik in den Biowissenschaften (www.drze.de) | In German | → Ethics → Biological sciences |
| DSS | Dengue Shock Syndrom | In English | → Infectious diseases |
| DSV | Direction des Services Vétérinaires | In French | → Central administration → Veterinary medicine |
| DTH | Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity | In English | → Pathology → Ophtalmology |
| DVT | Deutscher Fachverband für Verhaltenstherapie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Psychology → Neurology |
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Pathology |
| EAACI | European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology | In English | → Academies → Immunology and allergy |
| EAC | European Aminocarboxylates Committee | In English | → Organizations and associations → Chemicals → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| EACD | European Academy of Childhood Disability (www.eacd.org) | In English | → Academies → Pediatry |
| EACH | European Alzheimer Clearing House | In English | → Neurology |
| EADO | European Association of Dermato-Oncology | In English | → Associations → Dermatology → Oncology |
| EAFPS | European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery | In German | → Academies → Plastic surgery |
| EAGLES | European Action on Global Life Sciences | In English | → Biological sciences → Biotechnology → European Union |
| EAPPI | European Association of the Plasma Products Industry | In English | → Associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| EAR | European Arthroplasty Register | In English | |
| EARSS | Early Albumin Resuscitation during Septic Shock | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| EAT | Enterale Ambulante Therapie | In German | |
| EAU | European Association of Urology | In English | → Associations → Urology |
| EAU | European Assocation of Urology | In French | → Organizations and associations → Urology |
| EBL | Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit = EFSA | European Food Safety Authority | In English = AESA | Autorité Européenne de Sécurité des Aliments | In French |
In German | → European Union → Agricultural sciences → Food technology |
| EBMT | European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation | In English | → Organizations and associations → Blood and circulatory system → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| EBPF | European Biocidal Product Forum | In English | → Organizations and associations → Chemicals → Pharmacology, toxicology → Food technology |