Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• CBDE  Chemical and Biological Defense Establishment [Canada]; common bile duct exploration
• CBDMP  California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• CBDPR  computer-based dental patient record
• CBDV  Colocasia bobone disease virus
• CBE  clinical breast examination
• CBER  Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research
• CBET  certified biomedical equipment technician
• CBEV  Choristoneura biennis entomopoxvirus
• CBF  capillary blood flow; cerebral blood flow; ciliary beat frequency; collagen-binding factor; core-binding factor; coronary blood flow; cortical blood flow
• CBFB  core-binding factor, beta
• CBFb  beta subunit of core-binding factor
• CBFV  coronary blood flow velocity
• CBG  capillary blood gases; coronary bypass graft; corticosteroid-binding globulin; cortisol-binding globulin
• CBGv  corticosteroid-binding globulin variant
• CBH  chronic benign hepatitis; cutaneous basophilic hypersensitivity
• CbHV  cebine herpesvirus
• CBI  chemical binding index; children's behavior inventory; continuous bladder irrigation; convergent beam irradiation
• CBIC  Certification Board in Infection Control
• CBL  circulating blood lymphocytes; chronic blood loss; cord blood leukocytes
• Cbl  cobalamin
• CBLVd  Citrus bent leaf viroid
• CBM  capillary basement membrane
• CBMMP  chronic benign mucous membrane pemphigus
• CBN  cannabinol; central benign neoplasm; Commission on Biological Nomenclature
• CBNB  Chemical Business News Database
• CBNV  Colony B North virus
• CBO  community-based organization; Congressional Budget Office
• CBOC  completion bed occupancy care
• CBOD  chemical and biological oxygen demand
• CBOD5  5-day chemical and biological oxygen
• CBP  calcium-binding protein; cAMP-binding protein; carbohydrate-binding protein; cardiopulmonary bypass; chlorobiphenyl; cobalamin-binding protein; color blindness, protan type; convolution back projection; cruciform binding protein; cyclic adenosine monophosphate [cAMP] binding protein
• C4BP  complement 4 binding protein
• CBPR  computer-based patient record
• CBPS  chemical and biological protected shelter; congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome
• CBPV  chronic bee paralysis virus
• CBR  carbonyl reductase; case-based reasoning; chemical, biological, and radiological [warfare]; chemically-bound residue; chronic bed rest; complete bed rest; crude birth rate
• CBRL  contextual Bayesian relaxation labeling technique
• CBS  cervicobrachial syndrome; chronic brain syndrome; clinical behavioral science; conjugated bile salts; culture-bound syndrome; cystathionine beta-synthase
• CB3S  Coxsackie B3 virus susceptibility
• CBSD  component-based software development
• CBT  carotid body tumor; code blue team; cognitive behavioral treatment/therapy; computed body tomography; computer-based testing; computer-based training instruction; cord blood transplant; corticobulbar tract
• CBV  capillary blood cell velocity; carnation bacilliform virus; catheter balloon valvuloplasty; central blood volume; cerebral blood volume; circulating blood volume; corrected blood volume; cortical blood volume; Coxsackie B virus
• CBVD  cerebrovascular disease
• CbVd  Coleus blumei viroid
• CBVI  computer-based video instruction
• CBW  chemical and biological warfare
• CBX  computer-based examination
• CBZ  carbamazepine
• CC  calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac center; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; cardiovascular clinic; cascade correlation; cell culture; central compartment; cerebral commissure; cerebral cortex; cervical cancer; chest circumference; chief complaint; cholecalciferol; choledochocholedochostomy; chondrocalcinosis; choriocarcinoma; chronic complainer; circula-tory collapse; classical conditioning; clean catch [of urine]; Clinical Center [NIH]; clinical course; clomiphene citrate; closed cup; closing capacity; coefficient of consistency; collagenous colitis; colony count; colorectal cancer; columnar cells; commission certified; common cold; communication-client; complicating condition; complications and co-morbidity; compound cathartic; computation constant; computer calculated; computer center; concordance; congenital cardiopathy; congenital cataract; consumptive coagulopathy; contrast cystogram; conversion complete; coracoclavicular; cord compression; coronary care; corpus callosum; correlation coefficient; costochondral; Coulter counter; craniocaudal; craniocervical; creatinine clearance; critical care; critical condition; Crohn colitis; Cronkhite-Canada [syndrome]; cross correlation; crus cerebri; cubic centimeter [JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]; current complaint; Current Contents
• C-C  convexo-concavc
• C&C  cold and clammy
• Cc  concave
• cc  clean catch [urine]; concave; corrected; cubic centimeter [JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]
• CCA  canonical correlation; cephalin cholesterol antigen; chick cell agglutination; chimpanzee coryza agent; choriocarcinoma; chromated copper arsenate; circulating cathodic antigen; circumflex coronary artery; common carotid artery; congenital contractural arachnodactyly; constitutional chromosome abnormality
• CCAB  complex cognitive assessment battery
• CCABOT  Cornell Coronary Artery Bypass Outcomes Trial
• CCAg  corpus callosum agenesis
• CCAIT  Canadian Coronary Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial
• CCAM  congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation; General Classification of Medical Procedures [Classification Commune des Actes Medicaux]
• CCAP  Cancer Chromosomal Aberration Project [database]; client-centered accreditation program
• CCAT  Canadian Coronary Atherectomy Trial; chick cell agglutination test; conglutinating complement absorption test
• CCB  calcium channel blocker
• CCBD  central cell-binding domain
• CCBV  central circulating blood volume
• CCC  calcium cyanamide; Canadian Cardiovascular Coalition [study]; care-cure coordination; cathodal closure contraction; center for clinical computing; child care center; Children's Communication Checklist; chlorcholine chloride; chronic calculus cholecystitis; chronic catarrhal colitis; comprehensive cancer center; comprehensive care clinic; concentration, clustering and continuity; concurrent care concern; consecutive case conference; continuous curvilinear capsulotomy; Council on Clinical Classification; cranio-cerebello-cardiac [dysplasia or syndrome]; critical care complex; cylindrical confronting cisternae
• CC&C  colony count and culture
• CCCC  centrifugal countercurrent chromatography
• CCCCP  Comprehensive Cardiovascular Community Control Program
• CCCD  cooled charge-coupled device
• cccDNA  covalently closed circular deoxyribonucleic acid
• CCCE  cross-cultural cognitive examination
• CCCl  cathodal closure clonus
• CC/CM  Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
• CCCN  community care coordination network
• CCCP  carbonyl cyanide m-chloro-phenyl-hydrazone
• CCCR  closed chest cardiac resuscitation
• CCCS  condom catheter collecting system; critical care computer system
• CCCT  closed craniocerebral trauma
• CCCU  comprehensive cardiac care unit
• CCCV  Callistephus chinensis chlorosis virus
• CCCVd  Coconut cadang-cadang viroid
• CCD  calibration curve data; central collodiaphyseal; central core disease; charge-coupled device; childhood celiac disease; cleidocranial dysplasia; clinical cardiovascular disease; cortical collecting duct; countercurrent distribution; cumulative cardiotoxic dose
• CCDC  Canadian Communicable Disease Center; consultant in communicable disease control
• CCD-CAMPI  charge coupled device-computer analysis of mammography phantom images
• CCDN  Central Council for District Nursing
• ccDNA  closed circle deoxyribonucleic acid
• CCDS  case cart delivery system; color-coded duplex sonography
• CCE  capacitative calcium entry; carboline carboxylic acid ester; chamois contagious ecthyma; cholesterol crystal emboli; clear-cell endothelioma; clubbing, cyanosis, and edema; cornified cell envelope; countercurrent electrophoresis; cruciform cutting endonuclease
• CCEHRP  Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs
• CCEI  Crown-Crisp Experimental Index
• CCEV  cardamine chlorotic fleck virus; Choristoneura conflicta entomopoxvirus
• CCF  cancer coagulation factor; cardiolipin complement fixation; carotid-cavernous fistula; centrifuged culture fluid; cephalin-cholesterol flocculation; chronic cardiac failure; compound comminuted fracture; congestive heart failure; cross-correlation function; crystal-induced chemotactic factor
• CCFA  cefotoxin-cycloserine fructose agar
• CCFAS  compact colony-forming active substance
• CCFE  cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, fluorouracil, and extramustine
• CCFMG  Cooperating Committee on Foreign Medical Graduates
• CCFV  cardamine chlorotic fleck virus
• CCG  Children's Cancer Study Group; cholecystogram, cholecystography; clinically coherent group
• CCGC  capillary column gas chromatography
• CCGS  cell cycle G and S
• CCH  C-cell hyperplasia; central clinical hospital; chronic chloride hemagglutination; chronic cholestatic hepatitis; cross-correlation histogram
• CCHA  Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation
• CCHAT  Canadian Cozaar, Hyzaar and Amlodipine Trial
• CC-HC  coordinated collective homecare [France]
• CCHD  Caephilly Collaborative Heart Disease [study]; cyanotic congenital heart disease
• CCHE  Central Council for Health Education
• CCHF, C-CHF  Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• CCHFA  Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation
• CCHMS  Central Committee for Hospital Medical Services
• CChMVd  Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid
• CCHP  Consumer Choice Health Plan; Corpus Christi Heart Project
• CCHPR  Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research; clinical classification of health policy research <