Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• CMOL  chronic monocytic leukemia
• CMoMV  carrot mottle mosaic virus
• CMOS  compatible monolithic conductivity sensor; complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
• CMoV  carrot mottle virus; chlorotic mottle virus
• CMP  cardiomyopathy; cartilage matrix protein; chondromalacia patellae; competitive medical plan; comprehensive medical plan; cytidine monophosphate
• CMPD  chronic myeloproliferative disorder
• cmpd  compound, compounded
• CMPGN  chronic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
• cmps  centimeters per second
• CMR  cardiomodulorespirography; cerebral metabolic rate; chief medical resident; child mortality rate [under age 5]; chloroform-methanol residue [vaccine]; chylomicron remnant; common medical record; common mode rejection; computerized medical record; congenital mitral regurgitation; cross-reacting material; crude mortality ratio
• CMRG  cerebral metabolic rate of glucose
• CMRGlc  combined metabolic rate of glucose
• CMR_Glu, CMRglu  cerebral metabolic rate of glucose
• CMRI  cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
• CMRL  cerebral metabolic rate of lactate
• CMRNG  chromosomal control of mechanisms of resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• CMRO, CMRO₂  cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption
• CMRP  cervical magnetic resonance phlebography
• CMRR  common mode rejection ratio
• CMS  Centers for Medicare and Medical Services; children's medical services; Christian Medical Society; chromosome modification site; chronic myelodysplastic syndrome; circulation, motion, sensation; clinical management system; clofibrate-induced muscular syndrome; Clyde Mood Scale; complement-mediated solubility; Copenhagen Male Study; cortical magnetic stimulation
• cm/s  centimeters per second
• CMSC  computer science
• CMSD  congenital myocardial sympathetic dysinnervation
• cm/sec  centimeters per second
• CMSS  circulation, motor ability, sensation, and swelling; Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• CMT  California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical transcriptionist; cervical motion tenderness; Charcot-Marie-Tooth [syndrome]; chemotherapy; circus movement tachycardia; complex motor tic; continuous memory test; controlled medical terminology; convergent medical terminology; Council on Medical Television; Current Medical Terminology
• CMT1  Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type 1
• CMTC  cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita
• CMTD  Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; chronic multiple tic disorder
• CMTIA  Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type IA
• CMTIB  Charcot-Marie-Tooth [disease or neuropathy] type IB
• CMTL  computer-mediated tutorial laboratory
• CMTS  Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome
• CMTX  Charcot-Marie-Tooth [syndrome], X-linked
• CMU  chlorophenyldimethylurea
• CMUA  continuous motor unit activity
• CMV  canine minute virus; cassava mosaic virus; chlorotic mottle virus; Clo Mor virus; common mosaic virus; continuous mandatory ventilation; controlled mechanical ventilation; controlled medical vocabulary; conventional mechanical ventilation; cool mist vaporizer; cowpea mosaic virus; cucumber mosaic virus; curly mottle virus; cytomegalovirus
• CMV-E  cytomegalovirus encephalitis
• CMV-MN  cytomegalovirus mononucleosis
• CMV-VE  cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis
• CMX  cefmenoxime
• CN  caudate nucleus; cellulose nitrate; charge nurse; child nutrition; chloroacetophenone; clinical nursing; cochlear nucleus; condensation nucleus; congenital nystagmus; cranial nerve; Crigler-Najjar [syndrome]; cyanogen; cyanosis neonatorum
• C:N  calorie:nitrogen [ratio]
• C/N  carbon/nitrogen [ratio]; carrier/noise [ratio]; contrast to noise [ratio]
• CN^-  cyanide anion
• CN I  first cranial nerve [olfactory]
• CN II  second cranial nerve [optic]
• CN III  third cranial nerve [oculomotor]
• CN IV  fourth cranial nerve [trochlear]
• CNV  fifth cranial nerve [trigeminal]
• CN VI  sixth cranial nerve [abducent]
• CN VII  seventh cranial nerve [facial]
• CNVIII  eighth cranial nerve [vestibulocochlear]
• CN IX  ninth cranial nerve [glossopharyngeal]
• CN X  tenth cranial nerve [vagus]
• CNXI  eleventh cranial nerve [accessory]
• CN XII  twelfth cranial nerve [hypoglossal]
• CNA  calcium nutrient agar; Canadian Nurses Association; certified nursing assistant
• CNAF  chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
• CNAG  chronic narrow angle glaucoma
• CNAP  career nurse assistants' programs; compound nerve action potential
• CNAV  Cananeia virus
• CNB  cutting needle biopsy
• CNBP  cellular nucleic acid binding protein
• CNC  community nursing center
• CNCbl  cyanocobalamin
• CNCC  certified nurse in critical care
• CND  care need determination
• CNDC  chronic nonspecific diarrhea of childhood; chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis
• CNDI  congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
• CNE  chief nurse executive; chronic nervous exhaustion; concentric needle electrode
• C3NeF  C3 nephritic factor
• CNEMG  concentric needle electrode electromyography
• CNES  chronic nervous exhaustion syndrome
• C_NET  net compliance
• CNF  chronic nodular fibrositis; congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish [type]; conjunctive normal form system [Boolean logic]; cytotoxic necrotizing factor
• CNFS  craniofrontonasal syndrome
• CNFV  carnation necrotic fleck virus
• CNGC  cyclic nucleotide gated channel
• CNH  central neurogenic hyperpnea; community nursing home
• CNHD  congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic disease
• CNI  center of nuclear image; chronic nerve irritation; community nutrition institute
• CNIDR  Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
• CNIS  computerized or clinical nursing information system
• CNK  cortical necrosis of kidneys
• CNL  cardiolipin natural lecithin; chronic neutrophilic leukemia
• CNLS  complex nonlinear least square
• CNM  centronuclear myopathy; Certified Nurse-Midwife; combinatorial neural model; computerized nuclear morphometry
• CNMDSA  community nursing minimum data set, Australia
• CNMetHb  cyanmethemoglobin
• CnMoV  Cynosurus mottle virus
• CNMT  Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• CNN  Canadian National Network; computational neural network
• CNO  community nursing organization
• cNOS  constitutive nitric oxide synthase
• CNP  community nurse practitioner; continuous negative pressure; cranial nerve palsy; C-type natriuretic peptide; 2´,3´-cyclic nucleotide 3´-phosphodiesterase
• CNPase  2´,3´-cyclic nucleotide 3´-phosphohydrolase
• CNPB  continuous negative pressure breathing
• CNPV  canarypox virus; continuous negative pressure ventilation
• CNQX  6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione
• CNR  cadherin-related neuronal receptor; cannabinoid receptor; Center for Nursing Research; contrast-to-noise ratio; Council of Nurse Researchers
• C(N,r)  combination of N things taken r at a time
• CNRC  Children's Nutrition Research Center
• CNRT  corrected sinus node recovery time
• CNS  central nervous system; clinical nurse specialist; coagulase-negative staphylococci; congenital nephrotic syndrome; cutaneous nerve stimulator; sulfocyanate
• CNSHA  congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia
• CNS-L  central nervous system leukemia
• CNSLD  chronic nonspecific lung disease
• CNST  coagulase-negative staphylococci
• C_NS[t]  non-specific tracer concentration
• CNT  Clostridium neurotoxin
• CNTF  ciliary neutrophilic factor
• CNTFR  ciliary neutrophilic factor receptor
• CNTHM  conotruncal heart malformation
• CNTV  Connecticut virus
• CNUV  Ch nuda virus
• CNV  choroidal neovascularization; contingent negative variation; cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis
• CO  carbon monoxide; cardiac output; castor oil; casualty officer; centric occlusion; cervical orthosis; cervicoaxial; choline oxidase; coccygeal; coenzyme; compound; control; corneal opacity; cross over; cyclophosphamide and vincristine
• C/O  check out; complains of; in care of
• CO₂  carbon dioxide
• Co  cobalt
• c/o  complains of
• Co I  coenzyme I
• Co II  coenzyme II
• COA  Canadian Ophthalmological Association; Canadian Orthopaedic Association; certificate of authority; cervico-oculo-acusticus [syndrome]; condition on admission
• CoA  coenzyme A
• COACH  Canadian Organization for the Advancement of Computers in Health; cerebellar vermis hypoplasia/aplasia-oligophrenia-congenital ataxia-ocular colobomata-hepatic fibrosis [syndrome]
• COAD  chronic obstructive airway disease; clinician-oriented access to data
• COAG  chronic open angle glaucoma
• coag  coagulation, coagulated
• COAL  chronic obstructive airflow limitation
• COAP  cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinose, vincristine, prednisone
• coarct  coarctation
• COAS  clinical observations access service
• CoASH  uncombined coenzyme A
• CoA-SPC  coenzyme A-synthesizing protein complex
• COAT  Children's Orientation and Amnesia Test; Cooperative Osaka Adenosine Trial
• COB  chronic obstructive bronchitis; coordination of benefits
• COBALT  Continuous Infusion vs Bolus Alteplase Trial; Continuous Infusion vs Double-Bolus Administration of Alteplase
• coban  cohesive bandage
• COBOL  common business oriented language
• COBRA  Comparison of Balloon vs Rotational Angioplasty; computer-operated birth defect recognition aid; Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act
• COBS  cesarean-obtained barrier-sustained; chronic organic brain syndrome
• COBT  chronic obstruction of the biliary tract
• COC  cathodal opening contraction; coccygeal; combination oral contraceptive; commission on cancer; cumulus-oocyte complex
• COCI  Consortium on Chemical Information
• COCl  cathodal opening clonus
• COCM  congestive cardiomyopathy
• COCP  combined oral contraceptive pill
• Co-Cr-Mo  cobalt-chromium-molybdenum [alloy]
• COCS  Cornell-Oxford China Study
• COCV  cocal virus
• COD  cause of death; cerebro-ocular dysplasia; chemical oxygen demand; codeine; collaborative organization design; computer-assisted optical densitometry; condition on discharge
• cod  codeine
• CODAS  cerebro-oculo-dento-auriculo-skeletal [syndrome]
• CODATA  Committee on Data for Science and Technology
• CODEC  coder/decoder [device]; compression and decompression
• COD-MD  cerebro-ocular dysplasia-muscular dystrophy [syndrome]
• CODS  Charnes Organizational Diagnosis Survey
• coeff  coefficient
• COEPS  cortical originating extra-pyramidal system
• COER  controlled onset, extended release
• COF  cutoff frequency
• CoF  cobra factor; cofactor
• C of A  coarctation of the aorta
• COFS  cerebro-oculo-facial-skeletal [syndrome]; certificate of free sale
• COG  center of gravity; cluster of orthologous groups; cognitive function tests
• CoGME  Council on Graduate Medical Education
• COGTT  cortisone oral glucose tolerance test
• COH  carbohydrate; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
• COHb, CoHb  carboxyhemoglobin
• CoHgb  carboxyhemoglobin
• COHN  Certified Occupational Health Nurse
• COHR  computer-based oral health record
• COHSE  Confederation of Health Service Employees
• CoHV  Columbid herpesvirus
• COI  Central Obesity Index; certificate of insurance; conflict of interest; cost of illness
• COIF  congenital onychodysplasia of the index finger
• COIN  conformal index
• COL  central object library; colposcopy
• col  colicin; collagen; collection; colony; colored; column; strain [Lat. cola]
• COLD  chronic obstructive lung disease; computer output on laser disk
• COLD A  cold agglutinin titer
• COLING  computational linguistics
• coll  collateral; collection, collective; college; colloidal
• collat  collateral
• COLTS  Coronary Observational Long-Term Study
• CoLV  Cole latent virus
• COM  chronic otitis media; College of Osteopathic Medicine; component object model; computer-output microfilm
• CoM  center of noise
• com  comminuted; commitment
• COMA  Committee on Medical Aspects [food and nutrition]
• COMAC/HRS/QA  Community Concerted Action Programme on Quality Assurance in Health Care [European]
• comb  combination, combine
• COMBIMAN  Computerized Biomechanical Man
• COMC  carboxymethylcellulose
• COME  chronic otitis media with effusion
• COMET  Carvedilol or Metoprolol European Trial; Carvedilol or Metoprolol Evaluation Trial
• CoMET  concept modeling environment for teachers
• comf  comfortable