REVISED AND UPDATED- Diabetes Acronyms- WIKI

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ac·ro·nym - /ˈakrəˌnim/

noun

  1. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

HERE some of the most used acronyms in our community, please feel free to add any missing ones.

A1C - Glycosylated Haemoglobin (lab test that shows mean blood glucose over time) also abbreviated as HbA1c
ADA - America Diabetes Association / Americans with Disabilities Act
AFAIK - As far as I know
AIT - Active Insulin Time, 67G’s special term for what everyone else calls DIA.
AM - Medtronic 670G insulin pump auto mode
AMA - Against Medical Advice
BC - bolus calculator / bolus wizard
BG or BS – blood sugar / blood glucose
BOB - Bolus on Board (used interchangeably with IOB)
BT1- Beyond Type 1
BT2- Beyond Type 2
BTW – by the way
CDA- Diabetes Canada (formerly Canadian Diabetes Association)
CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator
CDP - Certified Pump Educator
CDP - Certified pump Educator
CF - Correction factor (used interchangeably with ISF)
CGM- continuous glucose monitor/ continuous glucose monitoring system
CHO – carbohydrate
CSII - Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (device) - insulin pump
CWD – child/children with diabetes
D – Diabetes
DCCT - Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
DD=Dear daughter, DH dear husband, etc. etc.
Dex – Dexcom CGM
DIA - duration of insulin action
DKA- diabetic ketoacidosis
DM - Diabetes Mellitus
DOC - Diabetes Online Community
DP - Dawn Phenomenon
DTC - Disability Tax Credit ( for Canadians )
DX - diagnosis
EF - Extended Fast (greater than 24 hours)
EMT - emergency medical technician
Endo - Endocrinologist
ETD- EsTuDiabetes.org
FB- Facebook
FBG - Fasting blood glucose
FOTF - Feet on the floor
FS- Fingerstick
FWIW - For what it’s worth
FYI - for your information
GAD - Lab test for Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (antibodies)
GD/GDM Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
GI – Glycemic index
GL - Glycemic load
GP - General Practitioner (Family Doctor)
GP - a common abbreviation for gastroparesis, a secondary complication of diabetes
HCLF - High-carb, low-fat way of eating, often vegetarian or vegan
HTH – Hope that helps
HUA-hypo unawareness
Hypo- hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
I:C - Insulin:Carbohydrate ratio, sometimes called Carb factor
IDDM - Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
IDF – International Diabetes Federation
IDK – I don’t know
IF - Intermittent Fast (Fasting): Eating one or two meals per day rather than 3
IM - Intramuscular injection
IMO/IMHO - In my (humble) opinion
IOB - Insulin on board (used interchangeably with BOB)
IR - Insulin Resistance
ISF – Insulin sensitivity factor, sometimes called correction factor
JDRF - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JK - just kidding
LADA - Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults
LC – Low carbohydrate
LCHF - Low-carb, high-fat way of eating
LOL – Laughing out loud
MDI - Multiple Daily Injections
mg/dL- Milligrams per deciliter (blood glucose meter measurement mostly used in the US)
MM – Minimed
mmol/L - millimoles/liter (blood glucose meter measurement)
MODY - Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young
N – NPH insulin
NDIC - National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIDDM - non-insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus
NIH - National Institute of Health
NPH - neutral protamine Hagedorn - intermediate acting insulin
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Diabetic
OMAD - One meal a day
OMG - Oh my goodness
OP - Original Poster
OT – off topic
PCP - primary care physician
PN – Peripheral neuropathy
PP - postprandial
Pumper – PWD who uses an insulin pump
PWD - person(s) with diabetes
RAAI - Rapid acting analog insulin, for example: Humalog, Novolog, Apidra
R – Regular insulin
RD - registered dietician
ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
Rx - Prescription
SD - standard deviation
SF – Sugar free
SM- Social Media
SMBG - Self monitoring of Blood Glucose
SQ-Subcutaneous or just under the skin injection
SWAG – Some wild a$$ guess
Sx - Symptoms
T1 - Type 1 diabetes
T1.5 – Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults
T2 - Type 2 diabetes
TBA – To be announced
TDD – Total daily dose of insulin
TGMS - Telemetered Glucose Monitoring System
TIA - Thanks in advance
TIR - Time in Range
TOR- Type One Running
TuD - TuDiabetes.org
Tx - Treatment
TX - CGM transmitter
WDD – World Diabetes Day (November 14)
WOE – way of eating
WTF-an unexplainable high or low bs
YDMV - Your diabetes may vary
YMMV – Your mileage may vary

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Awesome list - Thank you so, so much.

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Yay!

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Nice list, @Mila! May I suggest a few edits?

SQ-Subcutaneous or just under the skin injection

IOB - Insulin on board (used interchangeably with BOB)

CF - Correction factor (used interchangeably with ISF)

I:C - Insulin:Carbohydrate ratio, sometimes called Carb factor

ISF - Insulin sensitivity factor, sometimes called correction factor

LCHF - Low-carb, high-fat way of eating

HCLF - High-carb, low-fat way of eating, often vegetarian or vegan

mg/dl - Milligrams per deciliter (blood glucose meter measurement mostly used in the US)

mg/dL (changed the lower case “l” to the uppercase “L.”)

RAAI - Rapid acting analog insulin, for example: Humalog, Novolog, Apidra

Sx - Symptoms

A1c - Glycosylated Haemoglobin (lab test that shows mean blood glucose over time), also abbreviated as HbA1c

GP - a common abbreviation for gastroparesis, a secondary complication of diabetes

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A couple of small suggestions, to add to @Terry4’s:

CDA - Diabetes Canada (formerly Canadian Diabetes Association)

Remove the word Digest.

Suggest adding:
BC - bolus calculator / bolus wizard
DIA - duration of insulin action
TX - CGM transmitter

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Another add:

AIT - Active Insulin Time, 67G’s special term for what everyone else calls DIA.

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AM - Medtronic 670G insulin pump auto mode

(When this term appeared in a TuD title recently, all I could think about was AM radio. I guess that dates me!)

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Another few suggestions

EF - Extended Fast (greater than 24 hours)

FWIW - For what it’s worth

IF - Intermittent Fast (Fasting): Eating one or two meals per day rather than 3

OMAD - One meal a day

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Thanks for the edits! They have been incorporated into the list.

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Add POLI

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I suggest

Diacrap - that stuff you accumulate with diabetes that is useful, someday, maybe, perhaps, but likely not.

:slight_smile:

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Like it, but wonder if this was already taken for what comes from an endocrinologist?

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Oh no it means the crazy closet of test strips, meters, sets, syringes, and empty boxes that books once came in. Diacrap for certain.

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saw this used in a diabetes publication the other day - Type 3 (T3) - used to refer to friends and family of people with diabetes. Not sure how common this is.

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Just saw this. Never heard of this. Interesting.

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T3 has been unofficially adopted by many PWD’s. I perosnally use that language often. However it is technically inaccurate since there are T3 PWD’s. The current scientific thinking is that a T3 PWD is associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Some may not like this one ‘BS’ for blood sugar! It is crazy and that is okay! I also use BP for my low blood pressure which is caused by my diabetes, believe it or not!
Becky

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FNIR Flat Narrow In Range; think the flat is relative, definitely not literal

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What does AFLAC mean? You left it out.