Gad

Gad or GAD may refer to:

Medicine

• gad or gado, a short name for a gadolinium containing contrast dye often used in MRI medical imaging
• Generalized anxiety disorder, an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable worry about everyday things
• Glutamate decarboxylase, an enzyme in mammals which may be disrupted as a result of various diseases

Music

• G.A.D., a music album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno pivo
• Gatsbys American Dream, an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, United States

• GAD. (standing for Generalized anxiety disorder) , an indie electro-pop band from Greece
• G.A.D., a song by Yelawolf representing the area he lives in. (Alabama)

Menschen

• Gad (Bible prophet)
• Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-French actor

Places

• Gad (Hungarian: Gád), a village in Ghilad Commune, Timiş County, Romania
• GAD, the IATA airport code for Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, United States
• Gad, West Virginia, a former town flooded in the construction of Summersville Lake, United States
• Gad, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States

Religion

• Gad (Bible prophet), King David's seer or prophet
• Gad (deity), a pan-Semitic deity worshipped during the Babylonian captivity
• Gad (son of Jacob), the founder of the tribe of Gad and seventh son of Jacob
  • Tribe of Gad, a tribe of the ancient Kingdom of Israel

Science

• Gadolinium, a chemical element
• Geocentric axial dipole, a hypothesis that Earth's magnetic field dipole component is in roughly 10,000-year average aligned to rotation axis
• Glycoazodyes, a family of naturalised textile dyes

Other uses

• GAD (Global Architectural Development), an architectural design firm located in Istanbul and New York
• Gad (restaurant), a restaurant chain based in Egypt
• Gender and Development, an approach to analyzing development projects
• Government Actuary's Department, a department of the United Kingdom government responsible for providing actuarial advice
• Great dodecahedron
• Khattak, an Afghan tribe

See also

• GADS (disambiguation)
• Gad Guard, a Japanese animated series
• List of forts in Maharashtra
• Gadd, a surname