Abbreviation |
Expansion
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M.D. |
Doctorate of Medicine |
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MAA |
Macroaggregated Albumin |
MAb |
Monoclonal Antibody |
MAC |
Mycobacterium Avium Complex |
MAI |
Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare |
MAO |
Monoamine Oxidase |
MAP |
Mean Arterial Pressure, Morning After Pill |
MAR |
Medication Administration Record |
MAST |
Medical Antishock Trousers |
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MBAcA |
Member British Acupuncture Association |
MBC |
Maximum Breathing Capacity |
MBT |
Maternal blood type |
MCH |
Mean Cell Hmoglobin, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin |
MCHC |
Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration |
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MCL |
Modified Chest Lead |
MCV |
Mean Cell Volume |
MD |
Doctor of Medicine |
MDD |
Major Depressive Disorder |
MDF |
Myocardial Depressant Factor |
MDI |
Multiple Daily Vitamin, Metered Dose Inhaler |
MDS |
Myleodyplastic Syndrome |
MEDLARS |
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System |
MEP |
Maximal Expiratory Pressure |
MET |
Metabolic Equivalent of Task |
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MFFP |
Member Faculty of Family Planning |
MFOM |
Member Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
MFPHM |
Member Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
MHC |
Major Histocompatibility Complex |
MHz |
Megahertz |
MI |
Myocardial Infarction |
MICU |
Medical Intesnive Care Unit |
MID |
Minimal Infecting Dose |
MIP |
Maximum Inspiratory Pressure |
MLC |
Midline Catheter |
MLD |
Minimal Lethal Dose |
MLE |
Midline episiotomy |
MM |
Mucous Membrane |
MMEF |
Maximal mid expiratory flow |
MMR |
Measles-Mumps-Rubella (Vaccine) |
MoAbs |
Monoclonal Antibodies |
MOM |
Milk of Magnesia |
MPD |
Maximal Permissible Dose |
MPS |
Mononuclear Phagocyte System |
MRA |
Magnetic Resonance Augiography |
MRCGP |
Member Royal College of General Practitioners |
MRCOG |
Member Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
MRCP |
Member Royal College of Physicians |
MRCPath |
Member Royal College of Pathologists |
MRCPI |
Member Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
MRCPsych |
Member Royal College of Psychiatrists |
MRCS |
Member Royal College of Surgeons |
MRD |
Minimal Reacting Dose |
MRDD |
Mental Retarded/Developmentally Disabled |
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|
MRM |
Modified Radical Mastectomy |
MRSA |
Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus |
MS |
Multiple Sclerosis, Morphine Sulfate |
MSG |
Monosodium Glutamate |
MSH |
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone |
MSO4 |
Morphine Sulfate |
MSSA |
Methicillin-sensitive staph aureus |
MTP |
Medically Termination of Pregnancy |
MUSE |
Medicated urethral system erection |
MVA |
Motor Vehicle Accident (I see this one quite a bit on ER reports) |
MVI |
Multivitamin injection |
MVP |
Mitral Valve Prolapse
|
MVV |
Maximum Voluntary Ventilation |