HD

See also: H.D., hd, hd., and ḥḏ

English

Noun

HD (countable and uncountable, plural HDs)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of HomeoDomain.
2. (computing) Initialism of Hard Disc/Hard Disk/Hard Drive.
3. (pathology) Initialism of Hansen's Disease.
4. (pathology) Initialism of Hodgkin's Disease.
5. (pathology) Initialism of Huntington's Disease.
   • 2018 February 12, “Huntington Disease siRNA a "Super-Assassin" of Tumor Cells”, in ClinicalOMICs:

     Huntington's disease (HD) patients are an anomaly with respect to contracting cancer, with 80% fewer cases than found in the general population.

6. (medicine) Initialism of HemoDialysis.
7. (television) Initialism of High Definition (“1280×720 pixels”).

   Synonym: 720p

   Coordinate terms: FHD, QHD, SD, UHD

8. Initialism of High Density.
9. Initialism of heavy duty.

Synonyms

• (hard drive/disk): HDD

Derived terms

• (television): HD DVD (HD-DVD), HDTV, UHD
• QHD, WQHD

Proper noun

HD

1. Initialism of Harley-Davidson.

See also

• SD

Further reading

• HD on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DH

Egyptian

Romanization

HD

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ḥḏ.

Romanian

Proper noun

HD

1. Abbreviation of Hunedoara, a county in Romania.

Swedish

Noun

HD

1. Harley Davidson
2. Initialism of högsta domstolen (“supreme court”).