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  • Medicine

    Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    CBS

    Canadian Blood Services (www.bloodservices.ca)

    In English

    CCAIMT

    Common Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness (www.rsna.org)

    In English

    CCARES

    Culver City Amateur Radio Emergency Service

    In English

    CCEP

    Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness

    In English

    CCF
    Camion Citerne Forestier

    The abbreviation CCF (Camion Citerne Forestier) is included in abbreviations such as CCFL (Camion Citerne Forestier Léger), CCFM (Camion Citerne Forestier Moyen) and CCFS (Camion Citerne Forestier Super).

    In French

    CCF
    Chirurgie de Féminisation Faciale

    = FFS | Facial Feminization Surgery | In English
    = CFF | Cirugía de Feminización Facial | In Spanish
    = CFF | Cirurgia de Feminização Facial | In Portuguese

    In French

    CCFF

    Comité Communal Feu de Fôret

    In French

    CCFL
    Camion Citerne Forestier Léger

    The abbreviation CCFL (Camion Citerne Forestier Léger) includes the abbreviation CCF (Camion Citerne Forestier).

    In French

    CCFM
    Camion Citerne Forestier Moyen

    The abbreviation CCFM (Camion Citerne Forestier Moyen) includes the abbreviation CCF (Camion Citerne Forestier).

    In French

    CCFS
    Camion Citerne Forestier Super

    The abbreviation CCFS (Camion Citerne Forestier Super) includes the abbreviation CCF (Camion Citerne Forestier).

    In French

    CCGC

    Camion Citerne Grande Capacité

    In French

    CCI

    Camion Citerne d’Incendie

    In French

    CCIERBC

    Comité Consultatif INRETS d'Éthique sur la Recherche Biomédicale et Comportementale

    In French

    CCLAT
    Centre Canadien de Lutte contre l'Alcoolisme et les Toxicomanies (https://www.ccsa.ca/fr)

    = CCSA | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse | In English

    In French

    CCLIN

    Centre de Coordination de la Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales

    In French

    CCM

    Comitato Collaborazione Medica

    In Italian

    CCM

    Centre Culturel Médical

    In French

      CCMC

      Centrul de Cercetări de Medicină Comparată

      In Romanian

        CCMH
        Concentration Corpusculaire Moyenne en Hémoglobine

        = MCHC | Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration | In English
        = CHCM | Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média | In Portuguese

        In French

        CCNI

        Comité Consultatif National de l'Immunisation

        In French

        CCOHS

        Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (https://www.ccohs.ca/)

        In English

        CCP

        Complement Control Protein (modules)

        In English

        CCP

        Center for Computational Pharmacology

        In English

        CCPRB

        Comité Consultatif de Protection des Personnes dans la Recherche Biomédicale

        In French

        CCRM

        Camion Citerne Rural Moyen

        In French

        CCSA
        Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (https://www.ccsa.ca/)

        = CCLAT, CCSA (see above)

        In English

        CD

        Cycle Day

        In English

        CDAPH

        Commission des Droits et de l'Autonomie des Personnes Handicapées

        In French

        CDCARS

        Cadres de Développement de la Capacité Autochtone de Recherche en Santé

        In French

        CDDET

        Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics

        In English

        CDEMA
        Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (https://www.cdema.org/)

        The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was established as CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) so as to coordinate emergency response and relief efforts to participating states.

        In English

        CDERA

        Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

        In English

        CDES

        Comité départemental d'Éducation pour la Santé

        In French

        CDH

        Comité Départemental d'Hygiène

        In French

        CDHR

        Camion Dévidoir Hors-Route

        In French

        CDM
        Comprehensive Disaster Management

        Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) is an integrated and proactive approach to disaster management which reduces the risk and loss associated with natural and technological hazards and the effects of climate change while enhancing sustainable development.

        In English

        CDMP

        Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project

        In English

        CDO

        Congé pour Difficulté Operationnelle

        In French

        CDSP

        Corps Départemental de Sapeurs-Pompiers

        In French

        CDT

        Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento

        In Spanish

        CDTS

        Centre Départemental de Transfusion Sanguine

        In French

        CDU

        Clinical Decision Unit

        In English

        CEA

        Carcino-Embryonales Antigen

        In German

        CEAR

        Cellule Assistance Respiratoire

        In French

        CECOG

        Central European Cooperative Oncology Group

        In English

        CECOS

        Centre d'Étude et de Conservation des Oeufs et du Sperme

        In French

        CED

        Chronisch-entzündliche Darmerkrankung

        In German

        CEDEM

        Centro de Desenvolvimento da Educação Médica

        In Portuguese

        CEESAR

        Centre Européen d’Études Socio-économiques et Accidentologiques des Risques

        In French

        CEFH

        Centre d’Études et de Formation Hospitalière

        In French

        CEHI
        Caribbean Environmental Health Institute

        The Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) is a Technical Institute of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that provides technical and advisory services to Member States in all areas of environmental management, including water resources management, sustainable land management, waste management, chemical safety, occupational health and safety, eco-efficiency, and renewable energy.

        In English

        CEHM

        Companion Encyclopaedia of the History of Medicine

        In English

        CELSS
        Controlled Ecological Life Support System

        The abbreviation CELSS (Controlled Ecological Life Support System) includes the abbreviation LSS (Life Support System).

        In English

        CEMF

        Cellule Manoeuvre de Force

        In French

        CEP

        Concentré Érythrocytaire Phénotypé

        In French

        CEP

        Certificat Européen de Psychothérapie

        In French

        CEPARI
        Centre d'Entraînement au Port de l'Appareil Respiratoire Isolant

        The abbreviation CEPARI (Centre d'Entraînement au Port de l'Appareil Respiratoire Isolant) includes the abbreviation ARI (Appareil Respiratoire Isolant).

        In French

        CEPI

        Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

        In English

        CEPIS
        Centro Panamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente (www.cepis.ops-oms.org)

        = CEPIS | Centro Pan-americano de Engenharia Sanitária e Ciências do Ambiente | In Portuguese

        In Spanish

        CEPIS
        Centro Pan-americano de Engenharia Sanitária e Ciências do Ambiente (www.cepis.ops-oms.org)

        = CEPIS (see above)

        In Portuguese

        CEPREDENAC
        Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central

        = CEPREDENAC | Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central | In Portuguese

        In Spanish

        CEPREDENAC
        Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central

        = CEPREDENAC (see above)

        In Portuguese

        CERAH

        Centre d'Étude et de Recherche sur l'Appareillage des Handicapés

        In French

          CEREDIH

          CEntre de REférence des Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires

          In French

          CERIC

          Centre de Réanimation et d’Intervention Cardio-vasculaire

          In French

          CERMA

          Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique

          In French

          CERMES

          Centre de recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société

          In French

          CES

          Comité d'Experts Spécialisés

          In French

          CES
          Crew Escape System

          The abbreviation CES (Crew Escape System) is included in the abbreviation ROCES (Ranger Orbiter Crew Escape System), and it includes the abbreviation ES (Escape System).

          In English

          CESC

          Comité d'Éducation à la Santé et à la Citoyenneté

          In French

          CESO

          Centro de Estudios Superiores de Ortodoncia (https://ceso.edu.mx/)

          In Spanish

          CESTAS

          Centro di Educazione Sanitaria e Tecnologie Appropriate Sanitarie

          In Italian

          CETIMA

          Centre de Traitement de l’Information Médicale des Armées

          In French

          CEyeR

          Current Eye Research

          In English

          CFAPSE

          Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours en Équipe

          In French

          CFAPSR

          Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours Routiers

          In French

          CFAR

          Collège Français des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs

          In French

          CFC
          Central Fire Control

          The abbreviation CFC (Central Fire Control) includes the abbreviation FC (Fire Control).

          In English

          CFES

          Comité Français d'Éducation pour la Santé

          In French

          CFF
          Cirugía de Feminización Facial

          = CCF, FFS, CFF (see above)

          In Spanish

          CFF
          Cirurgia de Feminização Facial

          = CCF, FFS, CFF (see above)

          In Portuguese

          CFMN

          Centre de Fabrication Mécanique pour la Neurophysiologie

          In French

          CFMT

          Cambridge Face Memory Test

          In English

          CFN

          Conselho Federal de Nutricionistas

          In Portuguese

          CFR

          Colegiul Farmacistilor din România

          In Romanian

          CFTE

          Clinical Flexibility and Therapeutic Exercise

          In English

            CFU-GEMM
            Colony Forming Unit - Granulocyte, Erythroid, Macrophage, Megakaryocyte

            The abbreviation CFU-GEMM (Colony Forming Unit - Granulocyte, Erythroid, Macrophage, Megakaryocyte) includes the abbreviation CFU (Colony Forming Unit).

            In English

            CFU-MK

            Colony Forming Unit - MegaKaryocytic

            In English

            CGFL

            Centre Georges-François Leclerc

            In French

            CGG

            Centrum voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg

            In Dutch

              CGIH

              Comité de Gestion de l’Informatique Hospitalière

              In French

              CGR

              Concentré de Globules Rouges

              In French

              CGRP

              Concentré de Globules Rouges Phénotypé

              In French

              CH

              Children’s Hospital

              In English

              CH

              Centésimale Hahnemanniènne

              In French

              CH

              Colonne Humide

              In French

              CH&D

              Center for Hearing and Deafness

              In English

              CHA

              Catholic Health Association

              In English

              CHADD

              Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

              In English

              CHAMPUS

              Civilian Health And Medical Program of the Uniformed Services

              In English

              CHAR

              Club d'Histoire de l'Anesthésie-Réanimation

              In French

              CHARMS

              Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System

              In English

              CHAVI

              Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology

              In English

              CHB

              Centre Hépato-Biliaire

              In French

              CHC

              Carcinome hépatocellulaire

              In French

              CHCM
              Concentração de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Média

              = CCMH, MCHC, CHCM (see above)

              In Portuguese

              CHG

              Centre Hospitalier Général

              In French

              CHI

              Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal

              In French

              CHIP

              Children’s Hospital Informatics Program

              In English

              CHIR

              Chirurgie, Informatique et Robotique

              In French

              CHLA
              Canadian Health Libraries Association

              = ABSC | Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada | In French
              = MNCP | Mouvement National des Chômeurs et Précaires | In French
              = EBD | École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes | In French

              In English

              CHNO

              Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie (https://www.15-20.fr/)

              In French

              CHPL

              Centre de l’Hospitalisation Privée de la Loire

              In French

              CHR
              Centre Hospitalier Régional

              The abbreviation CHR (Centre Hospitalier Régional) is included in the abbreviation CHRU (Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire).

              In French

              CHRE

              Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

              In English

                CHRU
                Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire

                The abbreviation CHRU (Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire) includes the abbreviation CHR (Centre Hospitalier Régional).

                In French

                CHS

                Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé

                In French

                CHS

                Comité Hygiène et Sécurité

                In French

                CHSCT

                Comité d'Hygiène, de Sécurité et des Conditions de Travail

                In French

                CHU
                Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

                The abbreviation CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) is included in abbreviations such as CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois) and CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vétérinaire).

                In French

                CHUV
                Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

                The abbreviation CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois) includes the abbreviation CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire).

                In French

                CHUV
                Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vétérinaire

                The abbreviation CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vétérinaire) includes the abbreviation CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire).

                In French

                CIC

                Centre d'Investigation Clinique

                In French

                CICR
                Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (www.icrc.org)

                = ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross | In English
                = CICR | Comité International de la Croix-Rouge | In French
                = CICV | Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha | In Portuguese
                = МККК | Международный комитет Красного Креста | In Russian
                = SSKK | Starptautiskā Sarkanā Krusta Komiteja | In Latvian
                = CICR | Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa | In Italian
                = ICRC | 적십자 국제 위원회 | In Korean
                = CICR | Comitè Internacional de la Creu Roja | In Catalan
                = CICR | Comitât entèrnacionâl de la Crouèx-Roge | In Franco-Provençal

                In Spanish

                CICR
                Comité International de la Croix-Rouge (www.icrc.org)

                = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above)

                In French

                CICR
                Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa (www.icrc.org)

                = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above)

                In Italian

                CICR
                Comitè Internacional de la Creu Roja (www.icrc.org)

                = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above)

                In Catalan

                CICR
                Comitât entèrnacionâl de la Crouèx-Roge (www.icrc.org)

                = ICRC, CICV, МККК, SSKK (see above)

                In Franco-Provençal

                CICV
                Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha (www.icrc.org)

                = CICR, ICRC, МККК, SSKK (see above)

                In Portuguese

                CIDB

                Centre d'Information et de Documentation sur le Bruit

                In French

                CIFSC

                Centre Interrégional de Formation de la Sécurité Civile

                In French

                CIHR
                Canadian Institutes of Health Research (www.cihr.ca)

                = IRSC | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada | In French

                In English

                CIIT

                Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology

                In English

                CIMA

                Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada

                In Spanish

                  CIMLS

                  Cercle Informatique Médicale entre Lesse et Semois

                  In French

                  CIMR

                  Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk)

                  In English

                  CIMT

                  Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

                  In English

                  CIN
                  Conferencia Internacional sobre Nutrición

                  = ICN | International Conference on Nutrition | In English
                  = CIN | Conférence Internationale sur la Nutrition | In French
                  = CIN | Conferência Internacional sobre Nutrição | In Portuguese

                  In Spanish

                  CIN
                  Conférence Internationale sur la Nutrition

                  = ICN (see above)

                  In French

                  CIN
                  Conferência Internacional sobre Nutrição

                  = ICN (see above)

                  In Portuguese

                  CINP

                  Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum

                  In Latin

                  CIRCOSC

                  Centre Interrégional de Coordination des Opérations de Sécurité Civile

                  In French

                  CIRDN
                  Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales

                  = IACNDR | Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction | In English
                  = CIRDN | Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais | In Portuguese

                  In Spanish

                  CIRDN
                  Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais

                  = IACNDR (see above)

                  In Portuguese

                  CIRHS

                  Critical Items and Residual Hazards List

                  In English

                  CIRM

                  California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (https://www.cirm.ca.gov/)

                  In English

                  CIRRIE

                  Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (http://cirrie.buffalo.edu)

                  In English

                  CIRSE

                  Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe

                  In English

                  CIS

                  Centre d'Information sur la Surdité

                  In French

                  CISMA

                  Conférence Internationale sur le Sida et les Maladies sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique

                  In French

                  CISMeF

                  Catalogage et Indexation des Sites Médicaux Francophones (www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef/)

                  In French

                  CISR

                  Comité Interministériel de la Sécurité Routière

                  In French

                  CIT

                  Centre International de Toxicologie

                  In French

                  CIVD

                  Coagulation Intravasculaire Disséminée

                  In French

                  CJK

                  Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit

                  In German

                  CJPP

                  Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

                  In English

                  CKM

                  Clinical Knowledge Manager

                  In English

                  CLAP
                  Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología y Desarrollo Humano (www.clap.ops-oms.org)

                  = CLAP | Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatologia e Desenvolvimento Humano | In Portuguese

                  In Spanish

                  CLAP
                  Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatologia e Desenvolvimento Humano (www.clap.ops-oms.org)

                  = CLAP (see above)

                  In Portuguese

                  CLARA

                  Cancéropôle Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (https://www.canceropole-clara.com/)

                  In French

                  CLB

                  Centraal Laboratorium voor de Bloedtransfusiedienst

                  In Dutch

                  CLCC
                  Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer

                  The abbreviation CLCC (Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer) is included in the abbreviation FNCLCC (Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer).

                  In French

                  CLIC

                  Centre Local d'Information et de Coordination gérontologiques

                  In French

                  CLIN

                  Comité de Lutte contre l'Infection Nosocomiale

                  In French

                  CLIN

                  Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales

                  In French

                  CLM

                  Congé Longue Maladie

                  In French

                  CLMT

                  Comité Local de la Médecine du Travail

                  In French

                  CLPUE

                  Comité de Liaison des Podologues de l'Union Européenne

                  In French

                  CLS
                  Contingency Landing Site

                  The abbreviation CLS (Contingency Landing Site) includes the abbreviation LS (Landing Site).

                  In English

                  CLUD

                  Comité de Lutte contre La Douleur

                  In French

                  CM

                  Cervical Mucous

                  In English

                  CM

                  Christelijke Mutualiteit (https://www.cm.be/)

                  In Dutch

                  CM

                  Certificat Médical

                  In French

                    CM

                    Congé Maladie

                    In French

                    CMB

                    Colegiul Medicilor din Municipiul Bucureşti

                    In Romanian

                    CMC

                    Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls

                    In English

                    CMDR

                    Colegiul Medicilor Dentisti din România

                    In Romanian

                    CME

                    Continuing Medical Education

                    In English

                    CMH

                    Complexe Majeur d'Histocompatibilité

                    In French

                    CMIC

                    Cellule Mobile d'Intervention Chimique

                    In French

                    CMIE

                    Centre Médical Interentreprises Europe

                    In French

                    CMIP

                    Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur

                    In French

                      CMIR

                      Cellule Mobile d'Intervention Radiologique

                      In French

                      CMM

                      Centre for Molecular Medicine

                      In English

                      CMM

                      Center for Molecular Medicine

                      In English

                      CMO

                      Chief Medical Officer

                      In English

                      CMPI

                      Cow's Milk Protein Intolerance

                      In English

                      CMPP

                      Centre médico-psycho-pédagogique

                      In French

                      CMQ

                      Collège des Médecins du Québec

                      In French

                      CMR

                      Colegiul Medicilor din România

                      In Romanian

                      CMS

                      Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                      In English

                        CMS

                        Centre Médico-Social

                        In French

                        CMSI

                        Centralisateur de Mise en Sécurité Incendie

                        In French

                        CMV

                        Cytomegalie-Virus

                        In German

                        CMV

                        Cytomegalovirus

                        In German

                        CMWS

                        Common Missile Warning System

                        In English

                        CNA

                        Canadian Nurses Association

                        In English

                        CNAS

                        Casa Naţională de Asigurări de Sănătate

                        In Romanian

                        CNDCA

                        Comité National de Défense contre l'Alcoolisme

                        In French

                        CNEH

                        Centre National de l’Équipement Hospitalier

                        In French

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