Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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M₁ | M₂ | M₃ | M₄ | M₅ | M₆ | M₇ | M₈ | M₉ | M₁₀ |

mA-s, mas milliampere-second
MASA Medical Association of South Africa; mental retardation-aphasia-shuffling gait-adducted thumbs [syndrome]; mutant allele specific amplification
masc masculine; mass concentration
MASCIS Multicenter Animal Spinal Cord Injury Study
MASER microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
MASH mobile Army surgical hospital; multiple automated sample harvester
MASK Medical Anatomy Segmentation Kit
MASS Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study
mass massage
massc mass concentration
MAST Managing Anticoagulation Services Trial; Michigan Alcohol Screening Test; military antishock trousers; motion artifact suppression technique
mast mastectomy; mastoid
MAST-E Multicentre Acute Stroke Trial- Europe
MAST-I Multicenter Acute Stroke Trial- Italy
MASU mobile Army surgical unit
MAT manual arts therapist; master of arts in technology; mean absorption time; medial axis transform; medical assistance team [emergency medicine]; medical augmentation team; methionine adenosyltransferase; microagglutination test; minimal access technique; multifocal atrial tachycardia; multiple agent therapy
Mat, mat maternal [origin]; mature
MATC maximum allowable toxicant concentration
MATCH Matching Alcoholism Treatment to Client Heterogeneity
MatD maternal disomy
MatDp maternal duplication
MATE Medicine vs Angiography for Thrombolytic Exclusions [trial]
mat gf maternal grandfather
mat gm maternal grandmother
MATH Modern Approach to Treatment of Hypertension [study]
MATIS Mathematics Tools Integration System
MATSA Marek-associated tumor-specific antigen
MATTIS Multicenter Aspirin and Ticlopidine Trials after Intracoronary Stenting
MATTUS Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit Scotland
MATV Matucare virus
MAU multi-attribute utility [model]
MAUS Mammography Attitudes and Usage Study
MAUT multi-attribute utility theory
MAV mechanical auditory ventricle; minimal alveolar ventilation; minimum apparent viscosity; movement arm vector; myeloblastosis-associated virus
MAVD mixed aortic valve disease
MAVERIC Midlands Trial of Empirical Amiodarone vs Electrophysiological Guided Intervention and Cardioverter Implant in Ventricular Arrhythmias
MAVIS mobile artery and vein imaging system
MAVR mitral and aortic valve replacement
max maxilla, maxillary; maximum
MaxDu maximum duration
MaxEP maximum esophageal pressure
MAYV Mayaro virus
MB Bachelor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Baccalaureus]; buccal margin; General Modeling Bayesian Fitting [program]; isoenzyme of creatine kinase containing M and B subunits; mammillary body; Marsh-Bender [factor]; maximum breathing; medulloblastoma; megabyte; mesiobuccal; methyl bromide; methylene blue; microbiological assay; muscle balance; multibacillary; myocardial band
Mb megabase; megabit; million bases; mouse brain; myoglobin
mb millibar
μ_B Bohr magneton
μb microbar
MBA methylbenzyl alcohol; methyl bovine albumin
MBAC Member of the British Association of Chemists
MBAR myocardial beta adrenergic receptor
mbar millibar
μbar microbar
MBAS methylene blue active substance
MBB modified barbiturate buffer
MBBG metabromobenzylguanidine
MBBS Medicinae Baccalaureus/Bachelor of Surgery [British doctoral degree]
MBC male breast cancer; maximal bladder capacity; maximal breathing capacity; memory B cell; metastatic breast cancer; methyl-1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-benzimidazole-carbamate; methylthymol blue complex; microcrystalline bovine collagen; minimum bactericidal concentration; moving blood cells
MB-CK creatine kinase isoenzyme containing M and B subunits
MBCL monocytoid B-cell lymphoma
MbCO carbon monoxy myoglobin
MBCR Molecular Biology Computational Resource
MBD Marchiafava-Bignami disease; maximum bactericidal dilution; metabolic bone disease; methylene blue dye; methyl-binding domain; minimal brain damage; minimal brain dysfunction; Morquio-Brailsford disease
MBDG mesiobuccal developmental groove
MBE medium below elbow [cast]
MBEC mouse brain endothelial cell
MBF medullary blood flow; mesenteric blood flow; muscle blood flow; myocardial blood flow
MBFC medial brachial fascial compartment
MBFLB monaural bifrequency loudness balance
MbFV mite-borne filamentous virus
MBG Marburg [disease]; mean blood glucose; morphine-benzedrine group [scale]
MBH medial basal hypothalamus
MBH₂ reduced methylene blue
MBHI Millon Behavioral Health Inventory
MBHO managed behavioral healthcare organization
MBI Maslach Burnout Inventory; maximum blink index
MBK methyl butyl ketone
MBL Marine Biological Laboratory; menstrual blood loss; minimum bactericidal level
MBLA methylbenzyl linoleic acid; mouse-specific bone-marrow-derived lymphocyte antigen
MbLV mite-borne latent virus
MBM meat and bone meal [see BSE]; mineral basal medium
MBNOA Member of the British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association
MBO management by objective; mesiobucco-occlusal
MBO₂ oxymyoglobin
MBOV Mboke virus
MBP major basic protein; maltose-binding protein; management by policy; mannose-binding protein; mean blood pressure; melitensis, bovine, porcine [antigen from Brucella bovis, B. melitensis, and B. suis]; mesiobuccopulpal; myelin basic protein
MBPM modified backward Prony method [spectral analysis of heart sounds]
MBPS multigated blood pool scanning
Mbps megabits per second; myeloblastic syndrome
MBq megabecquerel
MBR methylene blue, reduced
MBRT methylene blue reduction time
MBS Martin-Bell syndrome; media broadband service
MBSA methylated bovine serum albumin
MBSI multi-channel blind system identification
MBT mercaptobenzothiazole; mixed bacterial toxin; myeloblastin
MBTA modeling better treatment advice
MBTH 3-methyl-2-benzothiazoline hydrazone
MBTI Myers-Briggs type indicator
MBVT Munich and Berlin Trial for Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
MC mass casualties; mast cell; Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; maximum concentration; Medical Corps; medium chain; medullary cavity; medullary cyst; megacoulomb; melanocortin; melanoma cell; menstrual cycle; Merkel cell; mesiocervical; mesocaval; metacarpal; methyl cellulose; microcephaly; microcholecystectomy; microcirculation; microscopic colitis; midcapillary; mineralocorticoid; mini-catheterization; minimal change; mitomycin C; mitotic cycle; mitral commissurotomy; mixed cellularity; mixed cryoglobulinemia; monkey cell; mononuclear cell; mucous cell; musculocutaneous; myocardial channeling; myocarditis
M/C male, castrated [animal]
M-C mineralocorticoid
M&C morphine and cocaine
Mc megacurie; megacycle
M_c mitral closure
mC millicoulomb
mc millicurie
μC microcoulomb
μc microcurie
MCA major coronary artery; Maternity Center Association; mean cell [surface] area; medical care administration; Medicines Control Agency [UK]; methylcholanthrene; microchannel architecture; middle cerebral artery; monoclonal antibody; mucinlike carcinoma-associated antigen; multichannel analyzer; multiple congenital anomaly
MCAB monoclonal antibody
MCAD medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
MCAF monocyte chemotactic and activating factor
MCA/MR multiple congenital anomaly/ mental retardation [syndrome]
MCAO middle cerebral artery occlusion
MCAR mixed cell agglutination reaction
MCARE managed care
MCAS middle cerebral artery syndrome
MCAT medical chemical advisory team; medical college admission test; middle cerebral artery thrombosis; Multimedia Cardiac Angiogram Tool; myocardial contrast appearance time
MCAV Macaua virus
MCB master cell bank; membranous cytoplasmic body; monochlorobimane
McB McBurney [point]
mCBF mean cerebral blood flow
MCBIT Munich Coronary Bypass Intervention Trial
MCBM muscle capillary basement membrane
MCBR minimum concentration of bilirubin
MCBS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey [database]
MCBV minimum conditional bias/variance
MCBW mass casualty biological weapon
MCC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; measles control campaign; medial cell column; Medical Council of Canada; medical information communication controller; metacarpal-carpal [joints]; metacerebral cell; metastatic cord compression; microcalcification cluster; microcrystalline collagen; midstream clean catch [urine]; minimum complete-killing concentration; mucocutaneous candidiasis; mutated in colorectal cancer [gene]
MC-C metacarpo-carpal [joint]
MCCA Medicare Catastrophic Care Act; Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
MCCD minimum cumulative cardiotoxic dose
MCCI medical care component of the consumer price index; medical cost control initiative
MCCPI medical care component of the consumer price index
MCCU mobile coronary care unit
MCD magnetic circular dichroism; mast-cell degranulation; mean cell diameter; mean central dose; mean corpuscular diameter; mean of consecutive differences; Medicaid competition demonstration; medical concepts dictionary; medullary collecting duct; medullary cystic disease; metacarpal cortical density; minimal cerebral dysfunction; minimal change disease; multiple carboxylase deficiency; muscle carnitine deficiency
MCDI Minnesota Child Development Inventory
MCDK multicystic dysplastic kidney
MCDNP medullary cystic disease/nephrolithiasis disease
MCDP mast cell degranulating peptide
MCDU mercaptolactate-cysteine disulfiduria
MCE maximum credible event; medical care evaluation; military clinical engineering; multicystic encephalopathy; multiple cartilaginous exostosis; myocardial contrast echocardiography
MCES medical care evaluation study; multiple cholesterol emboli syndrome
MCF macrophage chemotactic factor; median cleft face; medium corpuscular fragility; method conversion factor; microcomplement fixation; mink cell focus-forming; mononuclear cell factor; myocardial contraction force
MCFA medium-chain fatty acid; miniature centrifugal fast analyzer
MCFP mean circulating filling pressure
MCFSR mean circumferential fiber shortening rate
MCG magnetocardiogram; membrane cell graft; membrane coating granule; monoclonal gammopathy
mcg microgram
MCGC metacerebral giant cell
MCGF mast cell growth factor
MCGN mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis; minimal change glomerulonephritis; mixed cryoglobulinemia with glomerulonephritis
MCGNX mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, X-linked
MCH Maternal and Child Health; mean corpuscular hemoglobin; medical college hospital; melanin-concentrating hormone; mucous cell hyperplasia; muscle contraction headache
MCh Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; methacholine
mc-h, mch millicurie-hour
μch microcurie-hour
MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MCHC maternal/child health care; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; mean corpuscular hemoglobin count
MChD Master of Dental Surgery
MCHgb mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MChir Master in Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]
MChOrth Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
MChOtol Master of Otology
MCHR Medical Committee for Human Rights
mc-hr millicurie-hour
μC-hr microcurie-hour
MCHS Maternal and Child Health Service
MCI mean cardiac index; methicillin; mild cognitive impairment; molecular connectivity index; mucociliary insufficiency; multiple casualty incident; muscle contraction interference
MCi megacurie
mCi millicurie
μCi microcurie
MCICU medical coronary intensive care unit
MCID minimum clinically important difference
M-CIDI Mnich Composite International Diagnostic Interview
MCi-hr millicurie-hour
μCi-hr microcurie-hour
MCINS minimal change idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
MCK multicystic kidney
MCKD multicystic kidney disease
MCL Macintosh common lisp; mantle-cell lymphoma; maximum containment laboratory; maximum contaminant level; medial collateral ligament; midclavicular line; midcostal line; minimal change lesion; mixed culture, leukocyte; modified chest lead; most comfortable loudness; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; multiple cutaneous leiomyomata; myeloid cell leukemia
MCLC medial collateral ligament complex
MCLNS, MCLS mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
MClSci Master of Clinical Science
MCM medical core metadata; methylmalonic coenzyme A mutase; minimum capacitation medium; multi-chip module; multicompartmental model
MCMC Markov Chain Monte Carlo [method]
MCMI Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
MCMM Monte Carlo multiple minimum [search method]
MCMV murine cytomegalovirus
MCN maternal child nursing; minimal change nephropathy; mixed cell nodular [lymphoma]
MCNS minimal change nephrotic syndrome
MCO managed care organization; medical care organization; multichannel option [computer-assisted surgery]; multicystic ovary
MCommH Master of Community Health
mcoul millicoulomb
μcoul microcoulomb
MCOV Marco virus; modified covariance
MCP major capsid protein; maximum closure pressure; maximum contraction pattern; medical command physician; melanocortin receptor; melphalan, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone; membrane cofactor protein; metacarpophalangeal; metoclopramide; mitotic-control protein; monocyte chemotactic protein; Monte Carlo[computer] program; mucin clot prevention
MCP-1 monocyte chemotactic protein-1
MCPA Member of the College of Pathologists, Australasia