Neurosurgical Abbreviations
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m         meter

M         minute or murmur

MAC    monitored anesthesia care

MAE     moves all extremities

MAP     mean arterial pressure

MAR    medicine administration record

M.A.S.H.  Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

MAST  military anti-shock trousers or minimal access spinal technologies or minimal access surgical treatment

max.    maximum

MBA    blood fraction

MBD     minimal brain dysfunction

MC       metacarpal

mc       millicurie

MCA    middle cerebral artery or motor cycle accident

mcg.    microgram

MCH     mean corpuscular hemoglobin (blood)

MCHC  mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (blood)

MCL     mid-clavicular line

MCP     metacarpophalangeal or mean carotid pressure or mean corpuscular profile

MCV    mean corpuscular volume (blood)

M.D.     Medical Doctor

MDA    methylenedioxy-amphetamine

M.D.A. Medical Doctor of Anesthesia

MDI      metered dose inhalent

MEA     mercaptoethylamine

mech.  mechanisms

med.    medication

MEG     mercapto-ethyl guanidine

Mega   millions

MEP     meperidine (Demerol)

mEq     milliequivalent

mets    metastases

MFB     metallic foreign body

MFP     mono-fluoro-phosphate

MFW    multiple fragment wounds

mg.      milligrams

Mg       magnesium

MgSO₄  magnesium sulfate

MH       medical history

M.H.     marital history

MHE     mental health evaluation

MI         myocardial infarction

MIC      minimum inhibitory concentration

micro.  microscopic

MID      multi-infarct dimentia

MIF       maximum inspiratory force

milliamp    milliampere (electrical current)

min.      minute or minimum

mini-     miniature

MIS      minimally invasive surgery

ML       midline

ml.        milliliter

MLF     medial longitudinal fasiculus

mµ.      milli-micron

mm.      millimeter

MM       Marshall-Marchetti (bladder surgery) or meningomyelocele

mmHg  millimeters of mercury (pressure)

MMI      maximal medical improvement

MMPI    Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MMT     manual muscle test

MMTP   methadone maintenance treatment program

mn.      midnight

mo.      month

mod.    moderate

mod. I   modified independence

mod. var. moderate variability

MOE     modulus of elasticity

MOM    milk of magnesia

Monos monocytes

mos.    months

MP       mercaptopurine

MPJ      metacarpophalangeal joint

MPR     multi-planar reconstruction

MR       mentally retarded or magnetic resonance

MRA    magnetic resonance angiogram

MRI      magnetic resonance image

MRSA  methacillin resistant Staphlococcus aureus (bacteria)

MRSI    magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging

MS       morphine sulphate

M.S.     multiple sclerosis

MSG    mono-sodium glutamate

MSI      magnetic spectroscopy imaging

MSO₄   morphine sulphate

MT       metatarsal

MTP     metatarsophalangeal joint

MTX     methotrexate (cancer chemotherapy drug)

mU       milliunits

Multip   pregnant woman who has born children

mv.      millivolt

MVA    motor vehicle accident

MVC    motor vehicle crash

MVD    microvascular decompression

MV ex. mitral valve excursion

MVR    mitral valve replacement

MV sl.  mitral valve slope

MW      molecular weight

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