There are multiple definitions:
diptheria-tetanus-pertussis(English)
- immunization is a powerful public health strategy for improving child survival, not only by directly combating key diseases that kill children but also by providing a platform for other health services
- DTP3, LMIC, SES, DTaP, DTaP5-IPV-Hib-HepB
- Vaccination, Pediatrics, Public Health
- https://doi.org…8.CD008145.pub3
distal tingling on percussion(English)
- i.e., Tinel's sign
- Physical examination
differential time to positivity(English)
- defined as the difference between the time to positivity of the blood culture drawn from the peripheral vein and that taken from the catheter. When more than a bottle of a given blood culture set was positive, the shortest time to positivity is chosen. DTP between the peripheral and CVC blood cultures is highly sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBI) in patients with long-term catheters
- CFU, CVC, TTP, CRBI
- Bacteriology, Diagnostics
- https://www.ncb…les/PMC4097682/
drug therapy problem(English)
drug tolerant persister [state](English)
- refers to a minor population of cancer cells that may evade cell death from chemotherapy and targeted therapy by entering a reversible slow proliferation state
- EGFR, TKI
- Chemotherapy, Epigenetics
- https://doi.org…tho.2021.07.017