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DDS

¹ American

Pharmacology.

dapsone.

D.D.S. ² American

abbreviation

Doctor of Dental Science.
Doctor of Dental Surgery.

DDS British

abbreviation

Dewey Decimal System
Doctor of Dental Surgery

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Etymology

Origin of DDS

d(iamino)d(iphenyl) s(ulfone)

Example Sentences

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A date with Mustafa falls through the cracks when Mary works late, and when she springs to organize Leo’s vinyl collection according to the DDS just before a big gig, he freaks out.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

Pin Ha and Yulong Zhang, and associate professor Jin Hee Kwak, DDS, are co-first authors and contributed equally to this project.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

DDS is committed to exploring “additional strategies to reduce inequities” within the system, it said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022

Grace Gosar doesn’t think her brother got brainwashed, or that there’s some sort of Dr. Jekyll DDS and Rep. Hyde situation going on.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

Originally, as opposed to a DEC microtape; nowadays, as opposed to modern QIC and DDS tapes.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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