Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Medicine

Medicine, medical sciences, health sciences, sanitary science.

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Meaning

Language

Themes and places

CAVP

Caisse d’Assurance Vieillesse des Pharmaciens

In French

CBC

Complete Blood Count

In English

CBDL

Common Bile Duct Ligation

In English

CBF

Cerebral Blood Flow

In English

CBG

College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen

In Dutch

CBR

Centre for Blood Research

In English

CBR

Computers and Biomedical Research

In English

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 abbreviations LSS (Life Support System) and SS (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

CLINICIP

Closed Loop INsulin Infusion for Critically Ill Patients

In English

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

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