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ScD

British  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Science

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ScD

Latin scientiae doctor doctor of the sciences

Example Sentences

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“That’s how we attracted a few drug companies that are developing treatment for SCD to the negotiation table” in 2024, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

To accept gene therapies posing 10% or 30% mortality risks, these patients required 34% and 37% chance of having their SCD symptoms fully resolved, respectively.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2023

SCD is the self-reported experience of worsening or more frequent confusion or memory loss, and one of the earliest noticeable symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Approximately 15,000 people are living with SCD in the UK.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2021

In sickle cell disease, or SCD, a single mutation in the beta-hemoglobin gene leads to red blood cells that become crescent-shaped, or sickled.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2021

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