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    Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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  • μsec  microsecond
  • MSEL  Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory; myasthenic syndrome of Eaton-Lambert
  • MSEP  mean square error of prediction
  • MSER  mean systolic ejection rate
  • MSES  medical school environmental stress
  • MSF  macrophage slowing factor; macrophage spreading factor; malignant senescent forgetfulness [Alzheimer disease]; meconium-stained fluid; Medicins sans Frontieres [Doctors without Borders]; Mediterranean spotted fever; melanocyte-stimulating factor; modified sham feeding; multiple sequence format [molecular genetics]
  • MSG  molecular supergraph; monosodium L-glutamate; motion-sensitizing gradient
  • MSGQ  medical student graduation questionnaire
  • MSGV  mouse salivary gland virus
  • MSH  medical self-help; melanocyte-stimulating hormone; melanophore-stimulating hormone; message header; Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea
  • MSHA  mannose-sensitive hemagglutination; Mine Safety and Health Administration
  • MSHIF  melanocyte-stimulating hormone-inhibiting factor
  • MSHR  melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor
  • MSHRF  melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing factor
  • MSHRH  melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone
  • M-SHRSP  malignant stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat
  • MSHSC  multiple self-healing squamous carcinoma
  • MSHT  Mount Sinai Hypertension Trial
  • MSHyg  Master of Science in Hygiene
  • MSI  magnetic source imaging; medium-scale integration
  • MSIC  mechanically sensitive ion channels
  • MSIE  Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • MSIM  medical systems infrastructure modernization
  • MSIS  multi-state information system
  • MSJ  meatal stapedial joint
  • MSK  medullary sponge kidney; Memorial Sloan-Kettering; mitogen-activated S6 kinase; musculoskeletal
  • MSKCC  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • MSKP  Medical Sciences Knowledge Profile
  • MSL  midsternal line; multiple symmetric lipomatosis
  • MSLA  morpho-synthetic lexical ambiguity; mouse-specific lymphocyte antigen
  • MSLL  multifocal signal loss lesion
  • MSLR  mixed skin cell-leukocyte reaction
  • MSLS  Marinesco-Sjögren-like syndrome
  • MSLT  Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial; multiple sleep latency test
  • MSM  medium-size molecule; men who have sex with men; midsystolic murmur; mineral salts medium
  • MSMA  monosodium methanearsonate
  • MSMAID  machine, suction, monitor, airway equipment, intravenous line, drugs [for bronchoscopy]
  • MSMB  microseminoprotein beta
  • MSMI  Multicenter Study of Myocardial Ischemia
  • MS/MS  tandem mass spectrophotometry
  • MSN  main sensory nucleus; Master of Science in Nursing; mildly subnormal; moesin
  • MSNet  Mass Spectrometry Network
  • MSO  management services organization; medial superior olive; medical staff organization
  • MSOF  multiple systems organ failure
  • MSOP  medical school objectives project
  • MSP  macrophage stimulating protein; maximum squeeze pressure; median sagittal plane; Medicare secondary payer; microseminoprotein; Münchausen syndrome by proxy
  • msp  muscle spasm
  • MSPB  microseminoprotein beta
  • MSPGN  mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
  • MSPH  Master of Science in Public Health
  • MSPhar  Master of Science in Pharmacy
  • MSPN  medical student's progress note
  • MSPQ  Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire
  • MSPS  myocardial stress perfusion scintigraphy
  • MSPV  Malpais Spring virus
  • MSQ  mental status questionnaire; Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire
  • MSR  macrophage scavenger receptor; magnetically shielded room; Member of the Society of Radiographers; mitro-steno regurgitation; monosynaptic reflex; muscle stretch reflex
  • MSRI  mixed serotonin reuptake inhibitor
  • MSRPP  Multidimensional Scale for Rating Psychiatric Patients
  • MSRT  Minnesota Spatial Relations Test
  • MSS  Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome; Marshall-Smith syndrome; massage; Medical Superintendents' Society; Medicare Statistical System; mental status schedule; minor surgery suite; motion sickness susceptibility; mucus-stimulating substance; multiple sclerosis susceptibility; muscular subaortic stenosis
  • mss  massage
  • MSSA  methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
  • MSSE  multiple sclerosis self-efficacy scale; multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma
  • MSSG  multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene
  • MSSMI  Multicenter Study of Silent Myocardial Ischemia
  • MSSVD  Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases
  • MST  maximal stimulation test; mean survival time; mean swell time; mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; Montenegro skin test; multiple subpial transections; myeloproliferative syndrome, transient
  • M-Step  maximization step
  • MSTh  mesothorium
  • MSTI  multiple soft tissue injuries
  • MSTP  Medical Scientist Training Program [NIH]; medical student training program
  • MSTS  Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
  • MsTT  microsphere encapsulated tetanus toxoid
  • MSU  maple sugar urine; maple syrup urine; medical studies unit; midstream specimen of urine; mid-stream urine; monosodium urate; myocardial substrate uptake
  • MSUD  maple syrup urine disease
  • MSurg  Master of Surgery
  • MSV  maximum sustained level of ventilation; mean scale value; mean spatial velocity; Moloney sarcoma virus; monkey sarcoma virus; Muir Springs virus; murine sarcoma virus
  • mSv  millisievert
  • MSVC  maximal sustained ventilatory capacity
  • MSW  male sex worker; Master of Social Welfare; Master of Social Work; medical social worker; multiple stab wounds
  • MSWYE  modified sea water yeast extract
  • MT  magnetization transfer; malaria therapy; malignant teratoma; mammary tumor; mammilothalamic tract; manual traction; Martin-Thayer [plate, medium]; mastoid tip; maximal therapy; mechanotransduction; medial thalamus; medial thickness; medical technologist; medical therapy; melatonin; membrana tympani; mesangial thickening; metallothionein; metatarsal; Metathesaurus [UMLS]; methoxytryptamine; methyltransferase; methyltyrosine; microtome; microtomography; microtubule; mid-trachea; minimal touch; minimum threshold; mitochondrial toxicity; Monroe tidal drainage; more than; motor threshold; movement time; multi-input threshold; multiple tics; Muir-Torre [syndrome]; multitest [plate]; mural thrombus or thrombosis; muscles and tendons; muscle test; music therapy; Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • M-T  macroglobulin-trypsin
  • M&T  Monilia and Trichomonas
  • Mt  megatonne; Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • mt  mitochondrial
  • 3-MT  3-methoxytyramine
  • MTA  malignant teratoma, anaplastic; medical technical assistant; medical technology assessment; medullary type adenocarcinoma; metatarsus adductus; multi-threaded architecture; myoclonic twitch activity
  • mTA  meta-tyramine
  • MTAC  mass transfer area coefficient
  • MTACR  multiple tumor-associated chromosome region
  • MTAD  membrana tympana auris dextrae
  • MTAL  medullary thick ascending limb
  • MTAP  methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
  • MTAS  membrana tympana auris sinistrae
  • MT(ASCP)  Medical Technologist certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists
  • MTase  methyltransferase
  • MTB  methylthymol blue; Michelin tire baby [syndrome]; Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mtb  Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • MTBE  meningeal tick-borne encephalitis; methyltertiary butyl ether
  • MTBF  mean time between (or before) failures
  • MTBM  mean time between maintenance
  • MTBN  modifiable temporal belief network
  • MTBV  Marituba virus
  • MTC  magnetization transfer contrast; mass transfer coefficient; maximum tolerated concentration; maximum toxic concentration; medical test cabinet; medical training center; medullary thyroid carcinoma; metatarsocuneiform [joint]; mitomycin C
  • MTCT  mother-to-child transmission
  • MTD  maximum tolerated dose; mean total dose; metastatic trophoblastic disease; Midwife Teacher's Diploma; minimal topological difference; Monroe tidal drainage; multidrug therapy; multiple tic disorder; Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test
  • MTDDA  Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia
  • MT-DN  multitest, dermatophytes and Nocardia [plate]
  • mtDNA  mitochondrial DNA
  • MTDT  modified tone decay test
  • MTE  main timing event; monophasic truncated exponential
  • mTERF  mitochondrial transcription termination factor
  • MTET  modified treadmill exercise test
  • MTF  maximum terminal flow; medical treatment facility; modulation transfer function
  • mTF  mitochondrial transcription factor
  • MTg  mouse thyroglobulin
  • MTGA  multiple time graphic analysis
  • MTGua  7-methyl-6-thioguanine
  • MTGuo  7-methyl-6-thioguanosine
  • MTH  mithramycin
  • MTh  motor threshold
  • MTHF, mTHF  5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate
  • 5-MTHF  5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate
  • MTHFR  5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase
  • MTI  malignant teratoma, intermediate; maximum tolerable intensity; minimum time interval; model tag image; molecular topological index; moving target indicator
  • MTL  mantle zone lymphoma; medial temporal lobe
  • MTLE  mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
  • MTLP  metabolic toxemia of late pregnancy
  • MTM  Thayer-Martin, modified [agar]; myotubular myopathy
  • MT-M  multitest, mycology [plate]
  • MT-MMP  membrane-type metalloproteinase
  • MTMX  myotubular myopathy, X-linked
  • MTO  medical technical officer; medical transport officer
  • MTOC  microtubule organizing center; mitotic organizing center
  • MTOP  Medical Treatment Outcomes Project
  • MTOS  Major Trauma Outcomes Study
  • MTP  maximum tolerated pressure; medial tibial plateau; median time to progression; metatarsophalangeal; micropayment transfer protocol; microsomal triglyceride transfer protein; microtubule protein
  • MT1PA  metallothionein-1 pseudogene-A
  • MTPD  mean trabecular plate density
  • MTPJ  metatarsophalangeal joint
  • Mt-PK  myotonic protein kinase
  • MTPS  mean trabecular plate separation
  • MTPT  mean trabecular plate thickness
  • MTQ  methaqualone
  • MTR  magnetization transfer ratio; maximum tracking rate [pacemaker]; Meinicke turbidity reaction; 5-methylthioribose; methyltetrahydrofolate:L-homocysteine; S-methyltransferase
  • MTRV  Matruh virus
  • MTS  magnetization transfer contrast; mechanical testing machine; Medicare transaction system; menopausal transition; mesial temporal sclerosis; methotrexate; Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome; multicellular tumor spheroid; musculotendinous structure
  • MTST  maximal treadmill stress test
  • MTT  malignant teratoma, trophoblastic; maximal treadmill test; meal tolerance test; mean transit time; methyl-thiazol-diphenyl-tetrazolium; mucous transport time; Myocarditis Treatment Trial
  • MTU  malignant teratoma, undifferentiated; medical therapy unit; methylthiouracil
  • MtuRRF  Mycobacterium tuberculosis ribosome recycling factor
  • MTV  mammary tumor virus; metatarsus varus; Mibuna temperate virus; mild tigre virus; mouse mammary tumor virus
  • MTX  methotrexate
  • MT-Y  multitest yeast [plate]
  • MU  megaunit; mescaline unit; methyluric [acid]; monitor unit [radiotherapy]; Montevideo unit; motion unsharpness; motor unit; mouse unit
  • Mu  Mache unit
  • mU  milliunit
  • mu  mouse unit
  • μ  Greek letter mu; chemical potential; electrophoretic mobility; heavy chain of immunoglobulin M; linear attenuation coefficient; magnetic moment; mean; micro; micrometer; micron; mutation rate; permeability
  • μU  microunit
  • MUA  manipulation under anesthesia; middle uterine artery; motor unit activity
  • MUAP  motor unit action potential
  • MUC  maximum urinary concentration; mucilage; mucin; mucosal ulcerative colitis
  • muc  mucilage; mucous, mucus
  • MUCV  Mucambo virus
  • MUD  matched unrelated donor; minimum urticarial dose
  • MUDV  Mudjinbarry virus
  • MUE  motor unit estimated
  • MUFA  monounsaturated fatty acids
  • MUG  Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System [MUMPS] Users Group
  • MUGA  multiple gated acquisition [blood pool scan]
  • MUGEx  multigated blood pool image during exercise
  • MUGR  multigated blood pool image at rest
  • MuHV  Murid herpesvirus
  • mulibrey  muscle-liver-brain-eye nanism or dwarfism
  • MULO  multipurpose overboot
  • mult  multiple
  • Multi-CSF  multi-colony-stimulating factor
  • MultiODA  multivariable optimal discriminant analysis
  • multip  multiparous
  • MULV  Muleshoe virus
  • MuLV, MuLv  murine leukemia virus
  • MUMPS  Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System
  • MuMTv  murine mammary tumor virus
  • MUNV  Munguba virus
  • MUN(WI)  Munich Wistar [rat]
  • MUO  myocardiopathy of unknown origin
  • MUP  major urinary protein; maximal urethral pressure; motor unit potential
  • mUPD  maternal uniparental disomy [UPD]
  • MUPIBAC  Mupirocin in Prevention of Relapses of Wegener Granulomatosis by Elimination of Nasal Bacterial Staphylococcus aureus Carriage
  • mUPID  maternal uniparental isodisomy [UPID]
  • MUPIT  Martinez Universal Perineal Interstitial Template
  • MURAD  Moscow-Ulm Radiation Accident Clinical History Database
  • MURC  measurable undesirable respiratory contaminants
  • MURCS  Müllerian duct aplasia, cervicothoracic somite dysostosis [association]
  • MurNAc  N-acetylmuramate
  • MURP  Master of Urban and Regional Planning
  • MURV  Murre virus; Murutucu virus
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