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Medicine

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

Luteal Phase Defect

Launch Pad Lightning Warning System

The abbreviation LPLWS (Launch Pad Lightning Warning System) includes the abbreviation LWS (Lightning Warning System).

Last Patient Out

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

Laboratoire de la Physiologie, de la Perception et de l'Action

Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Psychologie Expérimentales

Laser Reduction Glottoplasty

Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology

Laboratoire de Recherche en Pathologies Radio-induites

Limburgse Stichting Autisme

Life Support Equipment

Medicine

Life Systems Officer

Medicine

Lot de Sauvetage et de Protection Contre les Chutes

Firefighting

Land-Sea Rescue

Safety

Life Support System

The abbreviation LSS (Life Support System) is included in abbreviations such as CELSS (Controlled Ecological Life Support System), ALSS (Advanced Life Support System), EVLSS (Extravehicular Life Support System), PLSS (Portable Life Support System) and ECLSS (Environmental Control and Life Support System), and it includes the abbreviation SS (Support System).

Life Support Umbilical

Long Term Care

Medicine

Long Term Disability

Medicine

Long Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Leiden University Medical Center (www.lumc.nl)

Laboratoire UltraSons, Signaux et Instrumentation (www.lussi.univ-tours.fr)

Large Unilamellar Vesicle

libération des Voies Aériennes

Traumatology

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

= FEVG | Fraction d’Éjection du Ventricule Gauche | In French

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Cardiology

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Chest diseases

Launch Vehicle Safety System Test Set

The abbreviation LVSSTS (Launch Vehicle Safety System Test Set) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).

Lightning Warning System

The abbreviation LWS (Lightning Warning System) is included in the abbreviation LPLWS (Launch Pad Lightning Warning System).

Maintenance and Security

Miscarriage

Marketing Authorization Application

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

Mouvement pour l’Amélioration de l’Environnement Hospitalier (https://www.maeh.fr/)

Médecine d'Afrique Noire

Multiple Antigenic Peptide

Mean Arterial Pressure

Mobilisation Active Précoce Protégée

6173

Mission d'Appui à la gestion du Risque Nucléaire

Maison d'Accueil Rurale pour Personnes Âgées

Morbus Alzheimer Syndrom

Neurology

Minimal Access Surgery Teaching, Training and Research Center

Microangiopathie thrombotique

Malformation artérioveineuse

Pathology

Missile Approach Warning System

The abbreviation MAWS (Missile Approach Warning System) is included in the abbreviation PMAWS (Passive Missile Approach Warning System).

Maximum Breathing Capacity

Anatomy

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Medications and Bandage Kit

Medicine

Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology Graduate Program

Medisch Centrum Haaglanden (https://www.haaglandenmc.nl/)

Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin

= HCM | Hémoglobine Corpusculaire Moyenne | In French

Medicinal Chemistry

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (www.mchc.org)

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration

= CCMH | Concentration Corpusculaire Moyenne en Hémoglobine | In French
= CHCM | Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média | In Portuguese

Mother and Child Health Coalition (www.mchc.net)

Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration

Minnesota Chinese Health Center

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Neurology

Maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Neurology

Medisch Comité Nederland-Vietnam

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein

Mean Corpuscular Volume

= VGM | Volume Globulaire Moyen | In French

Blood and circulatory system

Medicinæ Doctor

Medicine

Madin–Darby Canine Kidney

Médecins du Monde

Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées

Pathology

Médicament Dérivé du Sang ou du plasma humain

Medicaments

Mission Disaster Support Team

Myalgische Encefalomyelitis

Miroestrol

Manual Emergency Control

Medical Care Support Equipment

Medicine

Medical Department Activity

Medicine

Medical Information Computer System

Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Activities

Minimum Essential Emergency Communication Network

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (https://www.masseyeandear.org/)

Magnétoencéphalographie

= MEG | Magnetoencephalography | In English

Neurology

Magnetoencephalography

= MEG (see above)

Neurology

Mayo Elbow Performance Score

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Blood and circulatory system

Mesa Emergency Service Amateur Communications

Malaysian Fire Protection Association

Massachusetts General Hospital

Medical History

Mise Hors de Danger

Safety

Maritimes Health Libraries Association

= ABSM | Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé des Maritimes | In French

Maladie Hémorragique Rare

Cardiology

Medicines and Healcare products Regulatory Agency

Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness

Medical Information Management System

Movimento Italiano Psicologia Perinatale (http://mippe.it/)

Modélisation Interactive des Risques Associés au Développement d'Ouvrages Robustes

Michigan Society for Medical Research (www.mismr.org)

Menslike Immuniteitsgebreksvirus

= VIH | Virus de l'Immunodéficience Humaine | In French
= HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | In English
= VIH | Virus d'Inmunodeficencia Humana | In Asturian
= VIH | Vírus da imunodeficiência humana | In Portuguese
= VIDH | Virus Immunitarii Defectus Humanae | In Latin
= ŽIV | Žmogaus Imunodeficito Virusas | In Lithuanian
= ХИВ | Хумане имунодефицијенције | In Serbian
= HIV | Humani Imunodeficientni Virus | In Slovenian
= ВИЧ | Вирус иммунодефицита человека | In Russian
= GIB | Giza Immunoeskasiaren Birusa | In Basque
= HIV | Humaan Immunodeficiëntie Virus | In Dutch

Mouvement de Libération pour l’Avortement et la Contraception

Maximal Lactate Steady State

Mycophenolate Mofetil

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

Medicus Mundi Italia

Myélofibrose avec Métaplasie Myéloïde

Medical Mission Sisters

Mini Mental Slate

Neurology

Mini-Mental State Examination

Medicine

Mini Mental State Examination

Neurology

Médecins Maîtres-Toile

Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus

Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Mini Nutritional Assessment

Dietetics

Mobile Information Engineering & E-Med Systems

Modification des connaissances, attitudes et/ou comportements des usagers en faveur de la sécurité routière

Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young

Munduko Osasun Erakundea

= MOS | Monda Organiz(aĵ)o pri Sano | In Esperanto
= WHO | World Health Organization | In English
= OMS | Organisation Mondiale de la Santé | In French
= OMS | Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità | In Italian
= WGO | Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie | In Afrikaans
= OMS | Organización Mundial de la Salú | In Asturian
= СЗО | Световната здравна огранизация | In Bulgarian
= SZO | Světová zdravotnická organizace | In Czech
= OMS | Organització Mundial de la Salut | In Catalan
= OMS | Organización Mundial de la Salud | In Spanish
= MTO | Maailma Terviseorganisatsioon | In Estonian
= OMS | Organisacion mondiâla de la sandât | In Franco-Provençal
= OMS | Organización Mundial da Saúde | In Galician
= SZO | Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija | In Croatian
= RTD | Rêxistina Tendurustiyê ya Dinyayê | In Kurdish
= UMS | Urganizazziun mundiala da la Santaa | In Lombard
= PSO | Pasaulio sveikatos organizacija | In Lithuanian
= PVO | Pasaules veselības organizācija | In Latvian
= ÜST | Ümumdünya Səhiyyə Təşkilatı | In Turkish

Medical Operations Requirements Document

The abbreviation MORD (Medical Operations Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

Management Oversight and Risk Tree

Monda Organiz(aĵ)o pri Sano

= MOE, WHO, OMS, WGO, СЗО, SZO, MTO, RTD, UMS, PSO, PVO, ÜST (see above)

Mobile Safety System

Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Pathology

Master of Public Health

Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique

Pathology

Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique

= BPCO | Broncho-Pneumopathie Chronique Obstructive | In French
= COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | In English
= COLD | Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease | In English
= COAD | Chronisch obstruktive Atemwegserkrankung | In German
= EPOC | Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica | In Spanish
= BPCO | Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva | In Italian
= DPOC | Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica | In Portuguese
= KOAH | Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı | In Turkish

Chest diseases

Mammary Gland Physiology and Pathology Society

Moto-Pompe Remorquable

Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation

Non-medicinal treatments

Mission Permanente de Sécurité

Safety

Magnetska ili magnetna rezonancija

Medical Research Council

Minimal Residual Disease

Pathology

Myeloma and Related Diseases Registry

Magnetic Resonance Imagery

= IRM | Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique | In French

Magnetresonanz-Tomografie

= MRT | Magnetresonanstomografi | In Swedish

Magnetresonanstomografi

= MRT (see above)

Medizinisches Rechenzentrum

Multiple Sclerosis

Neurology

Ministerul Sănătăţii

Myhre Syndrome

Macedonian Society for Basic, Clinical Immunology and Allergology

Maîtrise de Sciences Biologiques et Médicales

Materials Safety Data Sheet

Medical Support Equipment

Medicine

Médecins Sans Frontières (https://www.msf.fr/)

Mine Safety and Health Administration (https://www.msha.gov/)

Medical Sisters of Saint Joseph

Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (https://msmr.org/)

Manufacturing Safety Office

Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population

Medical Scientist Training Program

Medical Technology

Medicine

Male Thermal Contraception

Reproductive biology

Maladie Thromboembolique Veineuse

Blood and circulatory system

Medical Treatment Facility

Maailma Terviseorganisatsioon

= MOE, MOS, WHO, OMS, WGO, СЗО, SZO, RTD, UMS, PSO, PVO, ÜST (see above)

Medizinische Universität Graz

Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System

Medicated Urethral System for Erection

Modelling the Use and Safety of Transport

= MUST | Modélisation de l'Usage et de la Sécurité des Transports | In French

Medizinische Universität Wien

Multilamellar Vesicle

Maladie Veino-Occlusive

Medische Wetenschappen

Medicine

Medical Subject Headings

Molekulare Bildgebung in der Medizin

Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus

National Association for Biomedical Research (www.nabr.org)

National Association of Child Care Professionals

Nombre Absolu de Neutrophiles

Blood and circulatory system

Nurses Association of New Brunswick

National Animal Poison Control Center

The abbreviation NAPCC (National Animal Poison Control Center) includes abbreviations APCC (Animal Poison Control Center) and CC (Control Center).

N-Acetyl-p-Benzoquinone Imine

Nicht-alkoholische Steatohepatitis

Pathology

North American Spine Society (https://www.spine.org/)

National Association of Vision Professionals

Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science

Nanotechnologies, Biologie, Information, Cognition

Neuroscience Center

National Care Association (www.nca.gb.com)

National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov/)

Neural Control of Movement Society (http://ncm-society.org)

National College of Natural Medicine

National Center for Research Resources (www.ncrr.nih.gov)

New Drug Application

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

National Diet Library

National Emergency Airborne Command Post

The abbreviation NEACP (National Emergency Airborne Command Post) includes the abbreviation ACP (Airborne Command Post).

New England Journal of Medicine

Néoplasie Endocrinienne Multiple

Neonatal Estimation Of Brain Damage Risk And Identification of Neuroprotectants

Neuropôle de Recherche Francilien

Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor

= NRI | Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor | In English
= NRI | Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor | In English
= ARI | Adrenergic Reuptake Inhibitor | In English

New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group

National Electrical Safety Code

Nuclear Emergency Search Team

Nécrolyse Épidermique Toxique

= TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis | In English

National Emphysema Treatment Trial

Chest diseases

National Fire Prevention Association (www.nfpa.org)

Nerve Growth Factor

Hormones
Neurology

Nouvel Hôpital Civil

National Heart Centre (https://www.nhcs.com.sg/)

= NHCS | National Heart Centre Singapore | In English

National Heart Centre Singapore (https://www.nhcs.com.sg/)

The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) is a national and regional referral centre for cardiovascular diseases. It provides comprehensive cardiac care, including diagnostic, preventive services, heart and lung transplantation, heart attack treatment, balloon angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery.

= NHC, NHCS (see above)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

National Hemophilia Foundation

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (https://www.nhtsa.gov/)

National Institute of Animal Health

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Medicine

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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