DDD

plural DDDs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
2. countableuncountablesound engineeringA designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablearchitectureInitialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.

   The authors found a significant decrease in the defined daily doses (DDD) of antibiotics in both units B and C, but not in unit A. Although just a single center study, this illustrates the impact that ID specialist approval can have on antibiotic use.

   2017, Christopher D. Doern, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, “Selective Reporting and Antimicrobial Stewardship”, in Kerry LaPlante, Cheston Cunha, Haley Morrill, Louis Rice, Eleftherios Mylonakis, editors, Antimicrobial Stewardship: Principles and Practice, Wallingford: CABI, →ISBN, page 115

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of degenerative disc disease.