"ICD" meaning in English

See ICD in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ICD
  1. (medicine) Initialism of International Classification of Diseases. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Classification of Diseases
    Sense id: en-ICD-en-name-MFDAWvb2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: ICDs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ICD (plural ICDs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
    Sense id: en-ICD-en-noun-xwtb9IDX Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

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