Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Medicine’
Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- LCVR
-
Ligue Contre la Violence Routière
- LDF
-
Ligue des Diabétiques de France (www.diabetenet.com)
- LDMR
-
Lance à Débit Mixte Réglable
- LDT
-
Lance sur Dévidoir Tournant
- LDV
-
Lance à Débit Variable
- LE
-
Launch Escape
The abbreviation LE (Launch Escape) is included in abbreviations such as LEM (Launch Escape Monitor) and LES (Launch Escape Subsystem).
- LEA
-
Late Embryogenesis Abundant protein
- LEAD
-
Lupus Érythémateux Aigu Disséminé
- LEAPDB
-
Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins DataBase
- LED
-
Lupus Érythémateux Disséminé
- LEE
-
Locus of Enterocyte Effacement
- LEEM
-
Les Entreprises du Médicament
- LEM
-
Launch Escape Monitor
The abbreviation LEM (Launch Escape Monitor) includes the abbreviation LE (Launch Escape).
- LES
-
Launch Escape Subsystem
The abbreviation LES (Launch Escape Subsystem) includes the abbreviation LE (Launch Escape).
- LES
-
Lupus Érythémateux Systémique
LES is equivalent to SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) in English.
- LETS
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Leiden Thrombophilia Study
- LFB
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Laboratoire français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (https://www.groupe-lfb.com)
- LFCE
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Ligue Française Contre l’Épilepsie (https://www.epilepsie-info.fr/)
- LH
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Lateral Hypodermis
- LH
-
Luteinizing Hormone
- LHON
-
Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
- LIBE
-
Ligo Internacia de Blindaj Esperantistoj
- LICE
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Lega Italiana Contro L'Epilessia (www.lice.it)
- LICHE
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Liga Chilena contra la Epilepsia (https://www.ligaepilepsia.cl/)
- LIEF
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Ligue des Infirmiers et des Infirmières de l'Espace Francophone
- LIEN
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Lutte, Information, Études des infections Nosocomiales
- LIF
-
Laboratoire d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle
- LISA
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Life Science Austria (www.lifescienceaustria.at)
- LLE
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Ligament Latéral Externe
- LLI
-
Ligament Latéral Interne
- LLTE
-
Low-Level Treadmill Exercise
- LMC
-
Leucémie Myéloïde Chronique
- LMM
-
Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine
- LMP
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Last Menstrual Period
- LMPV
-
Leucomalacie périventriculaire
LMPV is equivalent to PVL (Periventrikuläre Leukomalazie) in German, PVL (Periventricular Leukomalacia) in English, and PVL (Periventriculaire Leukomalacie) in Dutch.
- LMS
-
Lingway Medical Suite
- LMSS
-
Liverpool Medical Students Society
- LNCC
-
Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (https://www.ligue-cancer.net/)
- LOA
-
Leber Optic Atrophy
- LOADD
-
Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes
- LOCA
-
Loss of Coolant Accident
- LP
-
Luteal Phase
The abbreviation LP (Luteal Phase) is included in abbreviations such as LPD (Luteal Phase Defect) and LPD (Luteal Phase Deficiency).
- LPD
-
Luteal Phase Defect
The abbreviation LPD (Luteal Phase Defect) includes the abbreviation LP (Luteal Phase).
- LPD
-
Luteal Phase Deficiency
The abbreviation LPD (Luteal Phase Deficiency) includes the abbreviation LP (Luteal Phase).
- LPLWS
-
Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
The abbreviation LPLWS (Launch Pad Lightning Warning System) includes the abbreviation LWS (Lightning Warning System).
- LPO
-
Last Patient Out
- LPPA
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Laboratoire de la Physiologie, de la Perception et de l'Action
- LPPE
-
Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Psychologie Expérimentales
- LRG
-
Laser Reduction Glottoplasty
- LRPAT
-
Laboratoire de Recherche en Pathologies Radio-induites
- LSA
-
Limburgse Stichting Autisme
- LSE
-
Life Support Equipment
The abbreviation LSE (Life Support Equipment) includes the abbreviation SE (Support Equipment).
- LSO
-
Life Systems Officer
- LSPCC
-
Lot de Sauvetage et de Protection Contre les Chutes
- LSR
-
Land-Sea Rescue
- LSS
-
Life Support System
The abbreviation LSS (Life Support System) is included in abbreviations such as PLSS (Portable Life Support System), CELSS (Controlled Ecological Life Support System), ALSS (Advanced Life Support System), EVLSS (Extravehicular Life Support System) and ECLSS (Environmental Control and Life Support System), and it includes the abbreviation SS (Support System).
- LSU
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Life Support Umbilical
- LTC
-
Long Term Care
- LTD
-
Long Term Disability
- LTPP
-
Long Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- LUMC
-
Leiden University Medical Center (www.lumc.nl)
- LUSSI
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Laboratoire UltraSons, Signaux et Instrumentation (www.lussi.univ-tours.fr)
- LUV
-
Large Unilamellar Vesicle
- LVA
-
libération des Voies Aériennes
- LVEF
-
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
LVEF is equivalent to FEVG (Fraction d’Éjection du Ventricule Gauche) in French.
- LVH
-
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- LVRS
-
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- LVSSTS
-
Launch Vehicle Safety System Test Set
The abbreviation LVSSTS (Launch Vehicle Safety System Test Set) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).
- LWS
-
Lightning Warning System
The abbreviation LWS (Lightning Warning System) is included in the abbreviation LPLWS (Launch Pad Lightning Warning System).
- M&S
-
Maintenance and Security
- M/C
-
Miscarriage
- MAA
-
Marketing Authorization Application
- MAEH
-
Mouvement pour l’Amélioration de l’Environnement Hospitalier (https://www.maeh.fr/)
- MAN
-
Médecine d'Afrique Noire
- MAP
-
Multiple Antigenic Peptide
- MAP
-
Mean Arterial Pressure
- MAPP
-
Mobilisation Active Précoce Protégée
- MARN
-
Mission d'Appui à la gestion du Risque Nucléaire
- MARPA
-
Maison d'Accueil Rurale pour Personnes Âgées
- MAS
-
Morbus Alzheimer Syndrom
- MASTTAR
-
Minimal Access Surgery Teaching, Training and Research Center
- MAT
-
Microangiopathie thrombotique
- MAV
-
Malformation artérioveineuse
- MAWS
-
Missile Approach Warning System
The abbreviation MAWS (Missile Approach Warning System) is included in the abbreviation PMAWS (Passive Missile Approach Warning System).
- MBC
-
Maximum Breathing Capacity
- MBChB
-
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- MBK
-
Medications and Bandage Kit
- MCBO
-
Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology Graduate Program
- MCH
-
Medisch Centrum Haaglanden (https://www.haaglandenmc.nl/)
- MCH
-
Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin
MCH is equivalent to HCM (Hémoglobine Corpusculaire Moyenne) in French.
- MCH
-
Medicinal Chemistry
- MCHC
-
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
- MCHC
-
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration
MCHC is equivalent to CCMH (Concentration Corpusculaire Moyenne en Hémoglobine) in French, and CHCM (Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média) in Portuguese.
- MCHC
-
Mother and Child Health Coalition
- MCHC
-
Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration
- MCHC
-
Minnesota Chinese Health Center
- MCI
-
Mild Cognitive Impairment
- MCJ
-
Maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- MCNV
-
Medisch Comité Nederland-Vietnam
- MCP
-
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein
- MCV
-
Mean Corpuscular Volume
MCV is equivalent to VGM (Volume Globulaire Moyen) in French.
- MD
-
Medicinæ Doctor
- MDCK
-
Madin–Darby Canine Kidney
- MDM
-
Médecins du Monde
- MDPH
-
Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées
- MDS
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Médicament Dérivé du Sang ou du plasma humain
- MDST
-
Mission Disaster Support Team
- ME
-
Myalgische Encefalomyelitis
- ME
-
Miroestrol
- MEAP
-
Méningo-Encéphalite Amibienne Primaire
- MEC
-
Manual Emergency Control
- MEDCASE
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Medical Care Support Equipment
- MEDDAC
-
Medical Department Activity
- MEDICS
-
Medical Information Computer System
- MEDRA
-
Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Activities
- MEECN
-
Minimum Essential Emergency Communication Network
- MEEI
-
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (https://www.masseyeandear.org/)
- MEG
-
Magnétoencéphalographie
MEG is equivalent to MEG (Magnetoencephalography) in English.
- MEG
-
Magnetoencephalography
MEG is equivalent to MEG (see above).
- MEPS
-
Mayo Elbow Performance Score
- MESA
-
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
- MESAC
-
Mesa Emergency Service Amateur Communications
- MFPA
-
Malaysian Fire Protection Association
- MGH
-
Massachusetts General Hospital
- MH
-
Medical History
- MHD
-
Mise Hors de Danger
- MHLA
-
Maritimes Health Libraries Association
MHLA is equivalent to ABSM (Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé des Maritimes) in French.
- MHR
-
Maladie Hémorragique Rare
- MHRA
-
Medicines and Healcare products Regulatory Agency
- MIDD
-
Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness
- MIMS
-
Medical Information Management System
- MIPPE
-
Movimento Italiano Psicologia Perinatale (http://mippe.it/)
- MIRADOR
-
Modélisation Interactive des Risques Associés au Développement d'Ouvrages Robustes
- MISMR
-
Michigan Society for Medical Research
- MIV
-
Menslike Immuniteitsgebreksvirus
MIV is equivalent to 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, and HIV (Humaan Immunodeficiëntie Virus) in Dutch.
- MLAC
-
Mouvement de Libération pour l’Avortement et la Contraception
- MLSS
-
Maximal Lactate Steady State
- MMF
-
Mycophenolate Mofetil
- MMI
-
Medicus Mundi Italia
- MMM
-
Myélofibrose avec Métaplasie Myéloïde
- MMS
-
Medical Mission Sisters
- MMS
-
Mini Mental Slate
- MMSE
-
Mini-Mental State Examination
- MMSE
-
Mini Mental State Examination
- MMT
-
Médecins Maîtres-Toile
- MMTV
-
Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus
- MMW
-
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift
- MMWR
-
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- MNA
-
Mini Nutritional Assessment
- MO-MED
-
Mobile Information Engineering & E-Med Systems
- MOCA
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Modification des connaissances, attitudes et/ou comportements des usagers en faveur de la sécurité routière
- MODY
-
Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young
- MOE
-
Munduko Osasun Erakundea
MOE is equivalent to 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, and ÜST (Ümumdünya Səhiyyə Təşkilatı) in Azerbaijani.
- MORD
-
Medical Operations Requirements Document
The abbreviation MORD (Medical Operations Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).
- MORT
-
Management Oversight and Risk Tree
- MOS
-
Monda Organiz(aĵ)o pri Sano
MOS is equivalent to MOE, WHO, OMS, WGO, СЗО, SZO, MTO, RTD, UMS, PSO, PVO and ÜST (see above).
- MOSES
-
Mobile Safety System
- MPGN
-
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
- MPH
-
Master of Public Health
- MPOC
-
Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique
- MPOC
-
Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique
MPOC is equivalent to 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, and KOAH (Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı) in Turkish.
- MPPS
-
Mammary Gland Physiology and Pathology Society
- MPR
-
Moto-Pompe Remorquable
- MPR
-
Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation
- MPS
-
Mission Permanente de Sécurité
- MR
-
Magnetska ili magnetna rezonancija
- MRC
-
Medical Research Council
- MRD
-
Minimal Residual Disease
- MRDR
-
Myeloma and Related Diseases Registry
- MRI
-
Magnetic Resonance Imagery
MRI is equivalent to IRM (Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique) in French.
- MRT
-
Magnetresonanz-Tomografie
MRT is equivalent to MRT (Magnetresonanstomografi) in Swedish.
- MRT
-
Magnetresonanstomografi
MRT is equivalent to MRT (see above).
- MRZ
-
Medizinisches Rechenzentrum
- MS
-
Multiple Sclerosis
- MS
-
Ministerul Sănătăţii
- MS
-
Myhre Syndrome
- MSBCIA
-
Macedonian Society for Basic, Clinical Immunology and Allergology
- MSBM
-
Maîtrise de Sciences Biologiques et Médicales
- MSDS
-
Materials Safety Data Sheet
- MSE
-
Medical Support Equipment
The abbreviation MSE (Medical Support Equipment) includes the abbreviation SE (Support Equipment).
- MSF
-
Médecins Sans Frontières (https://www.msf.fr/)
- MSHA
-
Mine Safety and Health Administration (https://www.msha.gov/)
- MSJ
-
Medical Sisters of Saint Joseph
- MSMR
-
Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (https://msmr.org/)
- MSO
-
Manufacturing Safety Office
- MSPP
-
Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population
- MSTP
-
Medical Scientist Training Program
- MT
-
Medical Technology
- MTC
-
Male Thermal Contraception
- MTEV
-
Maladie Thromboembolique Veineuse
- MTF
-
Medical Treatment Facility
- MTO
-
Maailma Terviseorganisatsioon
MTO is equivalent to MOE, MOS, WHO, OMS, WGO, СЗО, SZO, RTD, UMS, PSO, PVO and ÜST (see above).
- MUG
-
Medizinische Universität Graz
- MUMPS
-
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System
- MUSE
-
Medicated Urethral System for Erection
- MUST
-
Modelling the Use and Safety of Transport
MUST is equivalent to MUST (Modélisation de l'Usage et de la Sécurité des Transports) in French.
- MUW
-
Medizinische Universität Wien
- MVL
-
Multilamellar Vesicle
- MVO
-
Maladie Veino-Occlusive
- MW
-
Medische Wetenschappen