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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- MCPH metacarpophalangeal
- MCPJ metacarpophalangeal joint
- MCPP metacarpophalangeal pattern profile; metacarpophalangeal profile; meta-chlorophenylpiperazine
- MCPPP metacarpophalangeal pattern profile plot
- MCPS Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Mcps megacycles per second
- MCPT Monte Carlo photon transport
- MCQ multiple-choice question
- MCR Medical Corps Reserve; melanocortin receptor; message competition ratio; metabolic clearance rate; myotonia congenita, recessive type
- 5-MCR 5-methylchrysene
- mcr minor breakpoint cluster region
- MCRA Member of the College of Radiologists, Australasia
- MCRD monolithic controlled release device [cardiac pacing]
- MCRE mother-child relationship evaluation
- MCRglc cerebral metabolic rate for glucose
- MCRI Multifactorial Cardiac Risk Index
- MCS malignant carcinoid syndrome; managed care system; massage of the carotid sinus; Meharry Cohort Study; medical computing services; mesocaval shunt; method of constant stimuli; methylcholanthrene [induced] sarcoma; microculture and sensitivity; middle coronary sinus; Miles-Carpenter syndrome; Minnesota Coronary Survey; moisture-control system; multicenter study; multiple chemical sensitivity; multiple cloning site; multiple combined sclerosis; myocardial contraction state
- MC & S microscopy, culture, and sensitivity
- mc/s megacycles per second
- MCSA Moloney cell surface antigen
- MCSD minimum clinically significant difference
- MCSDS Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale
- MCSDT Minnesota Coronary Survey Dietary Trial
- MCSF, (M)-CSF macrophage colony-stimulating factor
- MCSP Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- mCSP melanoma-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
- MCSPG melanoma-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
- McSPI Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia
- MCSW male commercial sex worker
- MCT manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corpuscular thickness; medial canthal tendon; medium-chain triglyceride; medullary carcinoma of thyroid; medullary collecting tubule; microtoxicity test; microwave coagulation therapy; microwave computed tomography; minimal common tagset; multiple compressed tablet
- μCT micro-computed tomography
- MCTC metrizamide computed tomography cisternography
- MCTD mixed connective tissue disease
- MCTF mononuclear cell tissue factor
- MC/TF multiple choice/true-false
- MCU malaria control unit; maximum care unit; micturating cystourethrography; motor cortex unit; multipoint control unit
- MCUG micturating cystogram
- MCV Malvaceous chlorosis virus; mean cell volume; mean clinical value; mean contour value; mean corpuscular volume; measles-containing vaccine; median cell volume; molluscum contagiosum virus; motor conduction velocity; myelocytomatosis virus
- MCx main circumflex [artery]
- MD Doctor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Doctor]; magnesium deficiency; main duct; maintenance dose; major depression; malate dehydrogenase; malignant disease; malrotation of duodenum; manic-depressive; Mantoux diameter; Marek disease; maternal deprivation; maximum dose; mean deviation; Meckel diverticulum; mediastinal disease; medical department; Medical Design [brace]; mediodorsal; medium dosage; mendelian dominant gene; Meniere disease; meningococcal disease; Menkes disease; mental deficiency; mental depression; mesiodistal; methyldifluoroarsine; Miller-Dieker [syndrome]; Minamata disease; minimum dose; mitral disease; mixed diet; moderate disability; molecular diagnostics; molecular dynamics; monocular deprivation; movement disorder; multi-drug [therapy]; multiple deficiency; muscular dystrophy; mutual information; myelodysplasia; myocardial damage; myocardial disease; myotonic dystrophy
- Md mendelevium
- md median
- MDA malondialdehyde; manual dilation of anus; mass drug administration; methylene dianiline; 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; minimal deviation adenocarcinoma; monodehydroascorbate; motor discriminative acuity; Mullerian duct anomaly; multivariant discriminant analysis; mutation detection enhancement; right mentoanterior [fetal position]
- MDa megadalton
- MDAC multiple dose activated charcoal; multiplying digital-to-analog converter
- MDACC M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- MDAD mineral dust airway disease
- MDAP Machover Draw-A-Person [test]
- MDB medulloblastoma; mental deterioration Battery
- MDBDF March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation
- MDBK Madin-Darby bovine kidney [cell]
- MDC macrophage-derived chemokine; major diagnostic categories; metalloprotease disintegrin cysteine [-rich protein]; Metoprolol in Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]; minimum detectable concentration; monocyte-depleted mononuclear cell; Multicenter Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]
- mDC mature dendritic cell
- MDCK Madin-Darby canine kidney
- MDCR Miller-Dieker [syndrome] chromosome region
- MDCT multi-detector computerized tomography
- MDCV Mojui Dos Campos virus
- MDD major depressive disorder; mean daily dose; medical data dictionary; medical device directives; monitored drug dictionary
- MDDC monocyte-derived dendritic cell
- MDDL medical device data language
- MDDS Malm Diet and Disease Study; medical diagnostic decision support [system]
- MDE major depressive episode; minimum defibrillation energy; molecular distance edge
- MDEBP mean daily erect blood pressure
- MDEG mammalian degenerin
- MDentSc Master of Dental Science
- MDEV medical device [UMLS]
- MDF mean dominant frequency; myocardial depressant factor
- MDFA multiple developmental field anomalies
- MDFC multidirectional flow chamber
- MDFD map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy
- MDG mean diastolic gradient; methyladenine deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase
- MDGF macrophage-derived growth factor
- MDH malate dehydrogenase; medullary dorsal horn
- MDHR maximum determined heart rate
- MDHV Marek disease herpesvirus
- MDI manic-depressive illness; metered dose inhaler; methylene diphenyl diisocyanate; Michelson Doppler imager; multiple daily injection; multiple document interface; multiple dosage insulin; Multiscore Depression Inventory
- MDIA multidimensional interaction analysis
- MDI-A metered-dose inhaler with aerochamber
- MDI-DED metered-dose inhaler with delivery enhancement device
- MDIPT Multicenter Diltiazem Postinfarction Trial
- MDIS medical diagnostic imaging support; medical diagnostic imaging system
- MDIT mean disintegration time
- MDK midkine
- MDL minimum description length; minimum detection limit
- MDLIS molecular diagnostic laboratory information system
- MDLS Miller-Dieker lissencephaly syndrome
- MDM medical decision making; mid-diastolic murmur; minor determinant mix [penicillin]; monocyte-derived macrophage
- MDMA methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- MD-MPH Doctor of Medicine-Master of Public Health [combined degree in medicine and public health]
- MDMU medical devices for military use
- mdn median
- MDNB mean daily nitrogen balance; metadinitrobenzene
- MDNCF monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor
- MDNV Maiden virus
- MDO minimum detectable object
- MDOPA, mdopa methyldopa
- MDOV Monte Dourado virus
- MDP manic-depressive psychosis; maximum diastolic potential; maximum digital pulse; methylene diphosphate; microsomal dipeptidase; minimum distending pressure; muramyldipeptide; muscular dystrophy, progressive; right mentoposterior [fetal position]
- MDPD maximum daily permissible dose
- MD-PhD combined degree in medicine and science
- MDPIT Multicenter Diltiazem Postinfarction Trial
- MDPK myotonic dystrophy protein kinase
- MDQ memory deviation quotient; Menstrual Distress Questionnaire; minimum detectable quantity
- MDR median duration of response; medical device reporting; minimum daily requirement; multidrug resistance
- mdr multidrug resistance
- MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [study]
- MDRE multidrug-resistant Enterococcus
- MDREF multidrug-resistant enteric fever
- MDRP multidrug resistance protein
- MDRS Mattis Dementia Rating Scale
- MDRSP multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
- MDR TB multidrug resistance in tuberculosis
- MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
- MDRV Mill Door virus
- MdRV Musca domestica reovirus
- MDS Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data source; medical data system; medical device system; mesonephric duct system; micro-dilution system; milk drinker's syndrome; Miller-Dieker syndrome; minimum data set; monophasic damped sine; Mood Disorders Service [database]; morpheme database; multidimensional scaling; myelodysplastic syndrome; myocardial depressant substance
- MDS+ minimum data set (plus)
- MDS/AML myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloblastic leukemia
- MDSBP mean daily supine blood pressure
- MDSC muscle-derived stem cell
- MD/SC multidrug/short course
- MDS-HCACP minimum data set home care assessment clients protocol
- MDSO mentally disturbed sex offender
- MDSP multiple diagnostic services program
- MDSS medical decision support system
- MDT mast [cell] degeneration test; mean dissolution time; median detection threshold; multidisciplinary team; multidrug therapy; right mentotransverse [fetal position]
- MDTP multidisciplinary treatment plan
- MDTR mean diameter-thickness ratio
- MDUO myocardial disease of unknown origin
- MDV Main Drain virus; Marek disease virus; mean dye [bolus] velocity; mucosal disease virus; multidose vial
- MDW monophasic defibrillation waveform
- MDX Medical Internet Exchange
- MDY month, date, year
- Mdyn megadyne
- ME macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; maximum entropy; median eminence; medical education; medical examiner; meningoencephalitis; mercaptoethanol; metabolic energy; metabolic equivalent; metabolism; metamyelocyte; microembolism; microenvironment; middle ear; mouse embryo; mouse epithelial [cell]; muscle examination; myalgic encephalomyelitis; myoclonic epilepsy; myo-electric; myoepithelial
- M/E myeloid/erythroid [ratio]
- M+E, M&E monitoring and evaluation
- 2-ME 2-mercaptoethanol
- Me menton; methyl
- μE microelectrode
- MEA male-enhanced antigen; Medical Exhibition Association; mercaptoethylamine; monoethanolamine; multi-electrode array [catheter-mounted]; multiple endocrine abnormalities; multiple endocrine adenomatosis
- MEA-I multiple endocrine adenomatosis type I
- 3MeA 3-methyladenine
- MEAC Measles Elimination Advisory Committee [Australia]
- mEAD monophasic action potential early afterdepolarization
- MEADOW Method Alternative: Distal Occlusion and Wash-out in Saphenous Vein Graft [study]
- MEANS modular electrocardiogram analysis system
- meas measurement
- MEAP multiphasic environmental assessment procedure
- MEAV Meaban virus
- MEB Medical Evaluation Board; muscle-eye-brain [disease]
- MeB methylene blue
- ME-BH medial eminence of basal hypothalamus
- MEBS muscle-eye-brain syndrome
- MeBSA methylated bovine serum albumin
- MEC mammary epithelial cell; median effective concentration; middle ear canal; middle ear cell; minimum effective concentration; mobile examination center
- mec meconium
- MECA methylcholanthrene
- MeCCNU methylchloroethylcyclohexylnitrosourea [semustine]
- MECG mixed essential cryoglobulinemia
- MECP methyl-CpG-binding protein
- MECTA mobile electroconvulsive therapy apparatus
- MECY methotrexate and cyclophosphamide
- MED median erythrocyte diameter; medical, medication, medicine; medical electronic desktop; Medical Entities Dictionary; minimum effective dose; minimum erythema dose; multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
- MED50 median effective dose for mild cognitive impairment of the exposed population
- med medial; median; medication; medicine, medical; medium
- MEDAC multiple endocrine deficiency, Addison's disease, and candidiasis [syndrome]
- MEDAL Medical Algorithms [project]
- MED-ART Medical Automated Records Technology
- MEDAS medical emergency decision assistant system
- MEDCEN medical center
- MEDCOM medical command
- MEDDAC medical department activity
- MedDRA medical dictionary of drug regulatory activities
- MedDX medical diagnosis
- MEDEVAC, Medevac medical evacuation
- MEDEX, Medex extension of physician [Fr. medicin extension]
- MEDIC multi-echo data image combination
- medic military medical corpsman [Lat. medicus]
- Medi-Cal Medicaid in California
- MEDICO Medical International Cooperation
- MEDICS Medway Integrated Care Support [project]
- MED-IDDM multiple epiphyseal dysplasia-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus [syndrome]
- MEDIGATE Medical Examination Direct Iconic and Graphic Augmented Test Entry
- MEDIHC Military Experience Directed Into Health Careers
- MedIndEx medical indexing expert
- MEDINFO medical informatics
- MEDIPP medical district-initiated planning program
- MEDIPRO medical district-initiated peer review organization
- MEDIS-DC Medical Information System Development Center [Japan]
- MEDIX medical data interchange
- MED-LAN medical center with local area network
- MedLAN Medical Local Area Network [UK]
- MEDLARS Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System [NLM information system]
- MedLEE Medical Language Extraction and Encoding [system]
- MEDLINE MEDLARS Online
- MEDPAR medical provider analysis and review
- MEdREP Medical Education Reinforcement and Enrichment Program
- MEDRIS Medical Records Interface or Input System
- MEDS minimum emergency data set