Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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MUS mouse urologic syndrome; muscinol
musc muscle, musculature, muscular
MUSCAT MUSIC Criteria for Stent Implantation Using the Controlled Angioplasty Technology Catheter
MUSE medicated uretheral system for erection
MUSIC Measuring the Usability of Systems in Context [radiotherapy]; Multicenter Ultrasound During Stent Implantation in Coronary Arteries [study]; Multicenter Ultrasound Stent in Coronary Artery Disease [study]; Multicentre Ultrasound Study in Coronaries; multiple signal classification [algorithm]; musculoskeletal intervention center
MUST medical unit, medication use studies; Multicenter Stent Study; Multicenter Stents Ticlodipine [study]; Multicenter Ultrasound Study with Ticlid; Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia [trial]; Medical Unit Self-Contained and Transportable
MUST-EECP Multicenter Study of Enhanced External Counterpulsation
MUSTIC multisite stimulation in cardiac insufficiency; multisite stimulation in cardiomyopathy
MUSTPAC medical ultrasound 3-dimensional portable with advanced communication
MUSTT Multicentre Unstable Tachycardia Trial; Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial
MUT mutagen
mut mutation
MUU mouse uterine unit
MuV mumps virus
MUWU mouse uterine weight unit
MUX multiplex
MV maturation value; measles virus; mechanical ventilation; megavolt; methotrexate/vinblastine; microvascular; microvillus; Microvirus, microvirus; minute ventilation; minute virus; minute volume; mitral valve; mixed venous; molar volume; mosaic virus; mottle virus; multivessel; myeloblastosis virus; veterinary physician [Lat. Medicus Veterinarius]
Mv mendelevium
mV, mv millivolt
μV microvolt
MVA mechanical ventricular assistance; mevalonic acid; mitral valve area; modified vaccinia virus Ankara; motor vehicle accident
MV · A megavolt-ampere
mV · A millivolt-ampere
MVAD mechanical ventricular assist device
mval millival
MVB manual ventilation bag; microvascular bleeding; multivesicular body
MVC maximum voluntary contraction; model-view controller [interaction scheme]; motor vehicle crash; multivane collimator; muscle vasoconstriction; myocardial vascular capacity
MVD Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; microvascular decompression; microvessel density; mitral valve disease; multivessel coronary disease
MVd mosaic viroid
MVE maximum velocity envelope; mitral valve echo; mitral valve excursion; Murray Valley encephalitis
MVEC microvascular endothelial cell
MVEV Murray Valley encephalitis virus
MVF mitral valve flow
MVH massive vitreous hemorrhage
MVI mitral valve insufficiency; multivalvular involvement; multivitamin infusion
MV-HIS multi-vendor hospital information system
MVK mevalonate kinase
MVL mitral valve leaflet
MVLS mandibular vestibulolingual sulcoplasty
MVM microvillose membrane; minute virus of mice
MVMT movement
MVN medial ventromedial nucleus; microvascular network
MVO maximum venous outflow; mitral valve opening or orifice
MVO2, MVO₂ myocardial oxygen consumption
MVOA mitral valve orifice area
mVOC mycological volatile organic compound
MVP microvascular pressure; mitral valve prolapse; Multivitamin and Probucol [trial]
MVPP mustine, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone
MVPS Medicare Volume Performance Standards; mitral valve prolapse syndrome
MVP-SC mitral valve prolapse-systolic click [syndrome]
MVPT Motor-Free Visual Perception Test
MVR massive vitreous reaction; microvitreoretinal; minimal vascular resistance; mitral valve replacement
MVS mitral valve stenosis; multivendor service
mV · s millivolt-second
MVSR Monthly Viral Statistics Report
MVT mesenteric venous thrombosis; multiattribute value theory
mvt movement
MVTR moisture vapor transmission rate
MVV maximal voluntary ventilation
MW Mallory-Weiss [syndrome]; master-worker [computing paradigm]; mean weight; megawatt; microwave; middleware; Minot-von Willebrand [syndrome]; molecular weight; multiple-window
mW milliwatt
μW microwatt
MWA moving window averaging
MWAPI M [language] windowing application programmer interface
MWAV Manawa virus
MWB modified whole blood
mWb milliweber
MWCB master working cell bank
MWCO molecular weight cut off
MWD maximum walking distance; microwave diathermy; molecular weight data; molecular weight distribution
MWI modified Williams index
MWL mental workload
m-WMFT modified Wolf motor function test
MWM-L Medical Web Master List [telemedicine]
MWP mean wedge pressure
MWS Marden-Walker syndrome; Moersch-Woltman syndrome
MWSP multi wall stereo projection
MWSR multiple window spatial registration
MWT myocardial wall thickness
6-MWT 6-minute walk test
MWTA Medical Waste Tracking Act
MwV Manawatu virus
MX matrix; metastases not assessed [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; methylxanthine
Mx extension of physician [MEDEX]; maxwell; metastases not assessed [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
MXA morphometric x-ray absorptiometry
MXIP maximum inspiratory pressure
MXV Mexico virus
M_xy transverse magnetization
My myopia; myxedema
my mayer
MYBC myosin-binding protein C
MYBH myosin-binding protein H
MYBP myosin-binding protein
MycDB The Mycobacterium Database [Stockholm]
Myco Mycobacterium
Mycol mycology, mycologist
MyD myotonic dystrophy
MYEL myelogram
Myel myelocyte
myel myelin, myelinated
MYF myogenic factor
MyG myasthenia gravis
MYH heavy chain myosin
MYHC heavy chain cardiac myosin
MYHCA heavy chain cardiac myosin alpha
MYKV Mykines virus
MYL light chain myosin
MyMD myotonic muscular dystrophy
MYO myoglobin
Myop myopia
MYW modified Yule-Walker [autoregressive technique]
MYX myoxoma
MYXV myxoma virus
MZ mantle zone; mezlocillin; monozygotic
M_z longitudinal magnetization
m/z mass-to-charge ratio
MZA monozygotic twins raised apart
MZM marginal zone macrophage
MZT monozygotic twins raised together

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