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    Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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  • M  blood factor in the MNS blood group system; chin [Lat. mentum]; concentration in moles per liter; death [Lat. mors]; dullness [of sound, Lat. mutitas]; macerate; macroglobulin; macroscopic magnetization vector; magnetization; magnification; male; malignant; married; masculine; mass; massage; maternal contribution; matrix; mature; maximum; mean; meatus; median; mediator; medical, medicine; medium; mega; megohm; membrane; memory; mental; mesial; metabolite; metanephrine; metastases; meter; methionine; methotrexate; Micrococcus; Microspora; minim; minute; mitochondria; mitosis; mix, mixed, mixture; mobility; molar [permanent tooth]; molar [solution]; molarity; mole; molecular; moment of force; monkey; monocyte; month; morgan; morphine; mother; motile; mouse; mucoid [colony]; mucous; multipara; murmur [cardiac]; muscle; muscular response to an electrical stimulation of its motor nerve [wave]; Mycobacterium; Mycoplasma; myeloma or macroglobulinemia [component]; myopia; strength of pole; thousand [Lat. mille]
  • M-  mega- [106]
  • M0  leukemia with large granular blasts and negative myeloperoxidase [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]; no distant tumor metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; no metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; no tumor metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
  • M1  breast tumor, no distant metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; distant metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; distant tumor metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; leukemia with poorly differentiated myeloblasts [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]; primary motor area
  • 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, 5M  first, second, third, fourth, fifth metatarsal [head]
  • M1  mitral component [first heart sound]; mitral first [sound]; myeloblast; slight dullness
  • MI, M-I  first meiotic metaphase
  • M2  breast tumor, distant metastases [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; leukemia with myeloblasts with differentiation and Auer rods [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • 2-M  2-microglobulin
  • M2  dose per square meter of body surface; marked dullness; promyelocyte
  • MII, M-II  second meiotic metaphase
  • M3  leukemia with hypergranular promyelocytes and multiple Auer rods [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • 3-M [syndrome]  initials for Miller, McKusick, and Malvaux, who first described the syndrome
  • M/3  middle third
  • M3  absolute dullness; myelocyte at the 3rd stage of maturation
  • M4  leukemia monoblastic differentiation [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • M4  myelocyte at the 4th stage of maturation
  • M5  monoblastic leukemia [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • M5  metamyelocyte
  • M6  erythroleukemia with dyserythropoiesis and megaloblastosis [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • M6  band form in the 6th stage of myelocyte maturation
  • M7  megakaryoblastic leukemia [Franco-American-British (FAB) classification]
  • M7  polymorphonuclear neutrophil
  • M/10  tenth molar solution
  • M/100  hundredth molar solution
  • m  electron rest mass; electromagnetic moment; magnetic moment; magnetic quantum number; male; mass; median; melting [temperature]; metastable; meter; milli-; minim; minimum; minute; molality; molar [deciduous tooth]; mutated
  • m-1  per meter
  • m2  square meter
  • m3  cubic meter
  • m8  spin quantum number
  • μ  see mu
  • MA  macrophage aggregate; malignant arrhythmia; management and administration; mandelic acid; Martin-Albright [syndrome]; masseter; Master of Arts; maternal age; matrix; maximum amplitude; mean arterial; mechanical activity; medial amygdaloid [nucleus]; medical assistance; medical audit; medical authorization; mega-ampere; megaloblastic anemia; megestrol acetate; membrane antigen; menstrual age; mental age; mentum anterior [fetal position]; metatarsus adductus; meter-angle; methacrylic acid; microadenoma; microagglutination; microaneurysm; microscopic agglutination; Miller-Abbott [tube]; milliampere; mitochondrial antibody; mitogen activation; mitotic apparatus; mixed agglutination; mobile agent; moderately advanced; monoamine; monoarthritis; monoclonal antibody; motor area; movement artifacts; moving average; multiple action; muscle activity; mutagenic activity; myelinated axon; myoclonic absences
  • MA-104  embryonic rhesus monkey kidney cells
  • MA-111  embryonic rabbit kidney cells
  • MA-163  human embryonic thymus cells
  • MA-184  newborn human foreskin cells
  • M/A  male, altered [animal]; mood and/or affect
  • Ma  mass of atom
  • mA, ma  milliampere; meter-angle
  • m  milliangstrom
  • ma  milliampere
  • μA  microampere
  • MAA  macroaggregated albumin; maleylacetoacetic acid; Medical Assistance for the Aged; melanoma-associated antigen; methacrylic acid; microphthalmia (or anophthalmos) with associated anomalies; moderate aplastic anemia; monoarticular arthritis
  • MAAC  maximum allowable actual charges
  • MAACL  Multiple Affect Adjective Check List
  • MAAGB  Medical Artists Association of Great Britain
  • MAAP  multiple arbitrary amplicon profiling
  • MAAS  Multicenter Anti-Atherosclerosis Study; Multicenter Antiatheroma Study
  • MAB, MAb, mAB  monoclonal antibody
  • m-AB  m-aminobenzamide
  • MABIS  Munich and Berlin Infarction Study
  • MABP  mean arterial blood pressure
  • Mabs, mABs, mAbs  monoclonal antibodies
  • MAC  MacConkey [broth]; magnetic authentication code; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable concentration; maximum aerobic capacity; maximum allowable cost; medical alert center; membrane attack complex; message authentication code; midarm circumference; minimum alveolar concentration; minimum antibiotic concentration; mitral anular calcium; modulator of adenylate cyclase; monitored anesthesia care; multiaccess catheter; Mycobacterium avium complex
  • MACAS  Marburg Cardiomyopathy Study
  • MacCAT-CR  MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research
  • MACDP  Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program
  • MACE  main adverse coronary event; major adverse cardiac events; major cardiac event; Mayo Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy [trial]
  • MAC-ei  minimum alveolar concentration-endotracheal intubation
  • MACEmed  Middleware Architecture Committee for Education in Medicine
  • macer  maceration
  • MACH  machine activity [UMLS]; Mortality Assessment in Congestive Heart Failure [study]
  • mAChR  muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
  • MacMV  Maclura mosaic virus
  • MACR  mean axillary count rate
  • mACR  muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
  • macro  macrocyte, macrocytic; macroscopic
  • MACS  maximum aortic cusp separation; Multicenter Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Cohort Study; myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate
  • MACT  maximum achievable control technology
  • MACTAR  McMaster-Toronto arthritis and rheumatism [questionnaire]
  • MACV  Machupo virus
  • MAD  major affective disorder; mandibulo-acral dysplasia; master accession database; maximum allowable dose; mean axis direction; median absolute deviation; methylandrostenediol; mind-altering drug; minimum average dose; mitotic arrest defective; mucosal atomization device; multiple autoimmune disorder; myoadenylate deaminase
  • mAD, MADA  muscle adenylate deaminase; myoadenylate deaminase
  • MADAM  Moexipril as Antihypertensive Drug after Menopause [study]
  • mADAM  mouse A disintegrin and A metalloprotease
  • MadCAM  mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule
  • MADD  Mothers Against Drunk Driving; multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
  • MADDS  monoacetyldiaminodiphenylsulfone
  • MADGE  microliter array diagonal gel electrophoresis
  • MADIT  Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial
  • MADIT/CES  Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial Cost/Effectiveness Study
  • MADPA  Medicaid Antidiscriminatory Drug Pricing and Patient Benefit Restoration Act
  • MADRS  Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System; Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale
  • MADT  morphology alteration and disintegration test
  • MADU  methylaminodeoxyuridine
  • MADV  Madrid virus
  • MAE  mean absolute error; medical air evacuation; medication administration error; 2-methylaminoethanol; moves all extremities; multilingual aphasia examination; myoclonic astatic epilepsy
  • MAF  macrophage activation factor; macrophage agglutinating factor; maximum atrial fragmentation; minimum audible field; mouse amniotic fluid
  • MAFD  manic affective disorder
  • MAFF  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [UK]
  • MAFH  macroaggregated ferrous hydroxide
  • MAFI  Medic Alert Foundation International
  • MAG  mercaptoacetyltriglycerine; multi-tumor aberrant growth; myelin-associated glycoprotein
  • Mag  magnesium
  • mAg  minor antigen
  • mag, magn  large [Lat. magnus]; magnification
  • mag cit  magnesium citrate
  • MAGE  melanoma antigen
  • MAGF  male accessory gland fluid
  • MAggF  macrophage agglutination factor
  • MAGIC  Magnesium in Cardiac Arrest [trial]; Magnesium in Coronaries [trial]; microprobe analysis generalized intensity correction; mouth (or mucosal) and genital ulceration with inflamed cartilage [syndrome]
  • MAGICA  Magnesium in Cardiac Arrhythmia [trial]
  • MAGP  microfibril-associated glycoprotein
  • MAGPIE  Magnesium Sulfate Compared with Placebo in Pre-Eclampsia [study]
  • MAGUK  membrane-associated guanylate kinase
  • MAGV  Maguari virus
  • MagV  mag virus
  • mAH, mA-h  milliampere-hours
  • MAHA  microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
  • MAHH  malignancy-associated humoral hypercalcemia
  • MAHI, MAHIV  medically acquired human immunodeficiency virus
  • MAHST  Multicenter Austrian Hemodilution Stroke Trial
  • MaHV  Macropodid herpesvirus
  • MAI  microscopic aggregation index; movement assessment of infants; multilevel assessment instrument; Mycobacterium avium infection; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
  • MAIDS  mouse acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • MAIESTRO  The Michael Reese Hospital-Institute of Technology Expert System for Stroke
  • MAIN  medication-induced, autoimmune, infectious, and neoplastic [diseases associated with antiphospholipid antibodies]
  • MAIPA  monoclonal antibody-specific immobilization of platelet antigens
  • MAIR-IR  multiple attenuated internal reflexion infrared [spectroscopy]
  • MAIS  manual axial in-line stabilization; mild androgen insensitivity syndrome
  • MAJIC  Mayo Japan Investigation on Chronic Total Occlusion
  • MAKA  major karyotypic abnormality
  • MAL  malemide; midaxillary line; motor activity log
  • Mal  malate; malfunction; malignancy
  • mal  malaise; male; malposition
  • Mal-BSA  maleated bovine serum albumin
  • MALD  matrix-assisted laser desorption
  • MALDI  matrix-assisted laser desorption/ ionization
  • MALDI-MS  matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
  • MALDI-TOF  matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight
  • MALG  Minnesota antilymphoblast globulin
  • MALiMET  Master List of Medical Indexing Terms
  • MALLS  multi-angle laser light scattering
  • MALS  magnetic alignment and light scattering
  • MALT  male, altered [animal]; mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; Munich Alcoholism Test
  • MALTOMA  mucosal associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
  • MALV  Malakal virus
  • MAM  median age at menarche; metabolically active mass; methylazoxymethanol
  • mam  milliampere-minute; myriameter
  • M+Am  compound myopic astigmatism
  • 6-MAM  monoacetyl-morphine
  • MAMA  medical application multimedia authoring; monoallelic mutation analysis; monoclonal anti-malignin antibody; Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse
  • MAM Ac  methylazoxymethanol acetate
  • MAMC  mean arm muscle circumference
  • mA-min, ma-min  milliampere-minute
  • Mammo  mammogram, mammography
  • MAN  metropolitan area network
  • MAN, Man  mannose
  • man  manipulate
  • MANA  mannosidase alpha
  • MANB  mannosidase beta
  • ManBP  mannan-binding protein
  • mand  mandible, mandibular
  • MANET  mobile ad-hoc network
  • manifest  manifestation
  • manip  manipulation
  • MANOVA  multivariate analysis of variance
  • MAN-6-P  mannose-6-phosphate
  • MANU  manufactured object [UMLS]
  • MANV  Manzanilla virus
  • MAN/WAN  metropolitan area network/wide area network
  • MAO  Master of the Art of Obstetrics; maximal acid output; monoamine oxidase
  • MAOA  monoamine oxidase A
  • MAOB  monoamine oxidase B
  • MAOI  monoamine oxidase inhibitor
  • MAOUSSC  Model of Assistance and Orientation of a User within a System of Coding
  • MAP  malignant atrophic papulosis; mandibular angle plane; maturation-activated protein; maximal aerobic power; maximum a posteriori; mean airway pressure; mean aortic pressure; mean arterial pressure; Medical Audit Program; megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy; memory algorithm processor; mercapturic acid pathway; methyl acceptor protein; methylacetoxy-progesterone; methylaminopurine; microtubule-associated protein; minimum audible pressure; mitogen-activated protein; modified atmosphere packaging; moment angle plotter; monophasic action potential; motor [nerve] action potential; mouse antibody production; multiphasic algorithmic protocol; multiple antigen peptide; muscle action potential; mussel adhesive protein
  • MAPA  muscle adenosine phosphoric acid
  • MAPC  migrating action potential complex
  • MAPCA  major aorto-pulmonary collateral artery
  • MAPE  mean absolute percentage error
  • MAPF  microatomized protein food
  • MAPHY  Metoprolol Atherosclerosis Prevention in Hypertension [study]
  • MAPI  microbial alkaline protease inhibitor; Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory
  • MAPK  mitogen-activated protein kinase
  • MAPK-K  mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
  • MAPKP  mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase
  • MAPP  multiple asynchronous parallel processing
  • MAPPET  Management Strategy and Prognosis of Pulmonary Embolism Trial
  • MAPREC  mutant analysis by polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme cleavage
  • MAPS  Make a Picture Story [test]; Micro-AIDS Processing System; Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey; Multivessel Angioplasty Prognosis Study
  • MAPT  microtubule-associated protein tau
  • MAPV  Mapputta virus; mean area-peak value
  • MAR  main admissions room; marasmus; marrow; matrix attachment region [genomic sequencing]; maximal aggregation ratio; mean atrial rate; medication administration record; microanalysis reagent; minimal angle resolution; mixed antiglobulin reaction; multiple aberration region; multivariate autoregressive [model]
  • mar  margin; marker [chromosome]
  • MARAV  Maraba virus
  • MARC  machine-readable catalog; machine-readable cataloging; Multicenter Asthma Research Collaboration; multifocal and recurrent choroidopathy
  • MARCKS  myristoylated alanine-rich protein C kinase substrate
  • MarHV  Marmomid herpesvirus
  • MARIAC  Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis Research Centre [UK]
  • MarMV  Maracuja virus
  • MARS  magnetic anchor retinal stimulation; medical archival system; Medical Article Record System; methionyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase; Mevinolin Atherosclerosis Regression Study; Missouri Automated Radiology System; mobile autonomous robot software; molecular adsorbent recirculating system; molecular adsorbents system; Monitored Atherosclerosis Regression Study; mouse antirat serum; multivariate adaptive regression spline [algorithm]
  • MARSA  methicillin-aminoglycoside-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • MAR/SAR  matrix attachment region/scaffold attachment region [genomic sequencing]
  • MART  multiplicative algebraic reconstruction technique
  • MARV  Marburg virus
  • MARVIN  Multi-Agent Robot Vagabond on Information Networks
  • mar(X)  marker X [chromosome]
  • MAS  macrophage activation syndrome; magic angle spinning; Manifest Anxiety Scale; marker-assisted selection; maximum average score; McCune-Albright syndrome; meconium aspiration syndrome; medical administrative services; medical advisory service; medical audit study; meiosis activation sterol; mesoatrial shunt; milk-alkali syndrome; milliampere-second; minor axis shortening; mitral aortic septum; mobile arm support; monoclonal antibodies; Morgagni-Adams-Stokes [syndrome]; motion analysis system; motor assessment scale; multi-agent system; multiple access server [telemedicine]; myoclonic astatic seizures
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