Scd

The abbreviation, acronym, or initialism SCD has several different meanings:

In medicine

• Specific Carbohydrate Diet - A diet eliminating many sugars and starches in order to heal the gut lining
• Sperm chromatin dispersion test
• Semen collection device
• Sickle-cell disease
• Sluggish cognitive tempo
• Sudden cardiac death
• Spinocerebellar degeneration
• Superior canal dehiscence - a medical condition of the inner ear leading to superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS)
• sequential compression devices (SCDs)

Other

• Sc.D. or Doctor of Science - doctoral degree: senior to the Ph.D. in the UK and Commonwealth; equivalent to Ph.D. in the USA and German-speaking nations
• Specialist Crime Directorate, a branch of London's Metropolitan Police
• Satélite de Coleta de Dados - Brazilian satellites abbreviated SCD-1 and SCD-2
• Slowly changing dimension - a datawarehousing term for a dimension that changes with time
• Sega CD - an attachment for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis video game console
• Sonic CD - a video game for the Sega CD
• Sequential Compression Device - a pneumatic control device that attaches to special compression stockings to prevent clot formation (aka deep vein thrombosis) in the legs of hospitalized patients (Note: SCD(TM) is a trade mark belonging to the Kendall brand of medical products)
• Single Crystal Diffraction - a scientific method to determine the three dimensional structure of molecules
• Star Cross'd Destiny - an online comic
• Sports Collectors Digest - a long-running sports card publication, printed by Krause Publications
• Strictly Come Dancing - UK Television Show, about celebrities ballroom dancing
• Scottish Country Dancing - social dance form originating in Scotland and enjoyed worldwide
• Super Commando Dhruva
• Starcraft Dream - a league of starcraft players who play on fastest possible map