Scd
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In medicine

  • Schnyder corneal dystrophy
    Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy
    Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy is a rare form of human corneal dystrophy. It is caused by heterozygous mutations in UBIAD1 gene. Cells in the cornea accumulate cholesterol and phosopholipid deposits leading to the opacity, in severe cases requiring corneal transplants...

  • Semen collection
    Semen collection
    Semen collection refers to the process of obtaining semen from domestic animals or humans with the use of various methods, for the purposes of artificial insemination, or medical study . Semen can be collected via masturbation, prostate massage, artificial vagina, penile vibratory stimulation and...

     device
  • Sequential compression device
    Sequential compression device
    Sequential compression device, abbreviated SCD, is an improved type of intermittent pneumatic compression system that includes inflatable compression sleeves and a characteristic pressure modulation in order to reduce risk of clot formation, such as deep vein thrombosis, in the legs of hospitalized...

     an intermittent pneumatic compression system intended to reduce blood clot formation
  • Sickle-cell disease
    Sickle-cell disease
    Sickle-cell disease , or sickle-cell anaemia or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder with overdominance, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various...

  • Specific Carbohydrate Diet
    Specific Carbohydrate Diet
    The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a nutritional regimen, created by Dr. Sidney V. Haas and popularized by biochemist and author Elaine Gottschall, which restricts the use of complex carbohydrates and eliminates refined sugar, all grains and starch from the diet...

     - A diet eliminating many sugars and starches in order to heal the gut lining
  • Sperm chromatin dispersion test
  • Spinocerebellar degeneration
  • Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1
    Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1
    Stearoyl-CoA desaturase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCD gene.Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1is a key enzyme in fatty acid metabolism. It is responsible for forming a double bond in Stearoyl-CoA...

     an enzyme involved in fatty acid metabolism
  • Subacute combined degeneration SCD
  • Sudden cardiac death
    Sudden Cardiac Death
    Sudden cardiac death is natural death from cardiac causes, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms. Other forms of sudden death may be noncardiac in origin...

  • Superior canal dehiscence - a medical condition of the inner ear leading to superior canal dehiscence syndrome
    Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
    Superior canal dehiscence syndrome is a rare medical condition of the inner ear, first described in 1998 by Dr. Lloyd B. Minor of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, leading to hearing and balance disorders in those affected....

     (SCDS)

In programming and computer science

  • /dev/scd, SCSI audio-oriented optical disk drives
  • Service Component Description In Information Technology it is a set of specifications which describe a model for building applications and systems using a Service-Oriented Architecture.
  • Slowly changing dimension
    Slowly Changing Dimension
    Dimension is a term in data management and data warehousing that refers to logical groupings of data such as geographical location, customer information, or product information...

     - a datawarehousing term for a dimension that changes with time
  • The Scientific Computing Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    The National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...


Other

  • Satélite de Coleta de Dados
    Satélite de Coleta de Dados
    The first Data-Collecting Satellite was launched on February 9, 1993. It is the first satellite developed entirely in Brazil and it remains in operation in orbit to this date...

     - Brazilian satellites abbreviated SCD-1 and SCD-2
  • Sc.D. or Doctor of Science
    Doctor of Science
    Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...

     - doctoral degree: senior to the Ph.D. in the UK and Commonwealth; equivalent to Ph.D. in the USA and German-speaking nations
  • Scottish Country Dancing
    Scottish country dance
    A Scottish country dance is a form of social dance involving groups of mixed couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns according to a predetermined choreography...

     - social dance form originating in Scotland and enjoyed worldwide
  • Sega CD - an attachment for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis video game console
  • Senior College Dun Laoghaire
    Senior College Dun Laoghaire
    Senior College Dún Laoghaire is a college of further education which was established in 1982 under the statutory authority of the Dún Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee...

  • Service Commencement Date
  • Single cable distribution
  • Single Crystal Diffraction
    X-ray scattering techniques
    X-ray scattering techniques are a family of non-destructive analytical techniques which reveal information about the crystallographic structure, chemical composition, and physical properties of materials and thin films...

     - a scientific method to determine the three dimensional structure of molecules

  • Smart Cellular Device
  • Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor - Chilean Society of Copyright
  • Sonic CD - a video game for the Sega CD
  • Specialist Crime Directorate
    Specialist Crime Directorate
    The Specialist Crime Directorate is one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. It deals with a wide range of criminality from murder to organised crime. Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick is currently the head of the directorate...

    , a branch of London's Metropolitan Police
  • Specification Control Drawing In Manufacturing, describes a component's dimensions and tolerances, sometimes including permissible piece-part producers.
  • Sports Collectors Digest
    Sports Collectors Digest
    Sports Collectors Digest is an American advertising weekly paper published at Iola, Wisconsin. The magazine provides an avenue through which sellers, traders and avid buyers of sports memorabilia may interact....

     - a long-running sports card publication, printed by Krause Publications
  • Star Cross'd Destiny
    Star Cross'd Destiny
    Star Cross'd Destiny or SXD is a webcomic written by "Juno" Blair B and based on her novel StarCrossed Destiny. It follows the anti-hero Juno and her friends, outcasts from society forced to band together to survive in mob society New Orleans....

     - an online comic
  • Strictly Come Dancing
    Strictly Come Dancing
    Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...

    - British reality show about celebrities ballroom dancing
  • Sulfur chemiluminescence detector, a sulfur-specific detector for gas chromatography
  • Super Commando Dhruva
    Super Commando Dhruva
    Super Commando Dhruva is a fictional superhero in comic books published by Raj Comics. The character first appeared in "Pratishodh Ki Jwala" and was created by writer and artist Anupam Sinha...

  • Sylacauga Municipal Airport
    Sylacauga Municipal Airport
    Sylacauga Municipal Airport , also known as Merkel Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles west of the central business district of Sylacauga, a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States...

     (FAA LID: SCD)
  • Specific Carbohydrate Diet
    Specific Carbohydrate Diet
    The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a nutritional regimen, created by Dr. Sidney V. Haas and popularized by biochemist and author Elaine Gottschall, which restricts the use of complex carbohydrates and eliminates refined sugar, all grains and starch from the diet...

  • Amtrak station code for St. Cloud (Amtrak station)
    St. Cloud (Amtrak station)
    St. Cloud is a train station in St. Cloud, Minnesota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was built in 1898 by the Northern Pacific Railway. It is situated on the east side of the Mississippi River in the middle of a wye that links to the St. Cloud Rail Bridge.St. Cloud is...

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