| |
| M |
i macerate |
|
ii Master |
|
iii maximal |
|
iv mega |
|
v Member |
|
vi metre |
|
vii mil, mille (1000) |
|
viii minim |
|
ix misce (mix) |
|
x mistura (mixture) |
|
xi molar (solution) |
|
xii mummification |
|
xiii Mycobacterium |
| |
| M99 |
etorphine (wild animal
immobiliser) |
| |
| m |
i metre |
|
ii milli |
| |
| m- |
meta- |
| |
| M&B 693 |
sulphapyridine |
| |
| M cells |
microfold cells |
| |
| MA |
i Market Authorisation
|
|
ii Master of Arts |
| |
| mA |
milliampere |
| |
| Ma |
University of Massey |
| |
| MAA |
macroaggregated albumin |
| |
| MAb/mAb |
monoclonal antibody |
| |
| MAC |
i membrane attack complex
(immunology) |
|
ii minimal antibiotic concentration |
|
iii minimal alveolar concentration
(anaesthesia) |
| |
| MACVP |
Member of the American
College of Veterinary Pathologists |
| |
| MAD |
modified acid detergent
(fibre) |
| |
| MAF |
macrophage activating factor |
| |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries & Food (UK) (defunct)-incorporated in DEFRA
(UK) |
| |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries (Korea) |
| |
| MAFF-SGRP |
MAFF-Special Grants Research
Program (Korea) |
| |
| MAG3 |
mercaptoacetyltriglycine |
| |
| MAGYOSZ |
Hungarian Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Association
Magyar Gyógyszergyártók Országos
Szövetsége |
| |
| MAICE |
Minimum Aikaike’s
Information Criterion Estimation |
| |
| MAK |
Chamber of Hungarian Veterinarians
Magyar Allatorvosi Kamara |
| |
| MALD |
modified annular ligament
desmotomy |
| |
| MALT |
mucosal-associated lymphoid
tissue |
| |
| MAM |
methyl azoxyemethanol |
| |
| Manc |
Manchester University |
| |
| M Anim Sc |
Master of Animal Science |
| |
| MAO |
monoamine oxidase |
| |
| MAP |
i magnesium-ammonium phosphate
|
|
ii mean arterial pressure |
|
iii Membership by Assessment
of Performance |
|
iv mouse antibody production |
|
v Mycobacterium avium subspecies
paratuberculosis |
| |
| MARC |
Marine Animal Rescue Coalition |
| |
| MAS |
multiplex allele specific |
| |
| mAs |
milliampere seconds |
| |
| MAST |
Marine Science & Technology
|
| |
| MaST |
Management & Skills
Training (plc Company) |
| |
| MAT |
i microscopic agglutination
test |
|
ii microagglutination test |
| |
| MATSA |
Marek’s tumour-specific
antigen |
| |
| MAV |
mouse adenovirus |
| |
| MAVIS |
Medicines Act Veterinary
Information Service (of VMD) |
| |
| MB |
i Bachelor of Medicine |
|
ii Bachelor of Medicine
& Surgery |
| |
| MBA |
Master of Business Administration |
| |
| MBC |
minimal bactericidal concentration
|
| |
| MBD |
methylene blue dye binding
(test) |
| |
| MBM |
meat & bone meal |
| |
| MbO2 |
oxymyoglobin |
| |
| MBP |
mean blood pressure |
| |
| MBT |
Hungarian Association for
Buiatrics
Magyar Buiatrikus Társaság |
| |
| MBV |
mixed bacterial vaccine |
| |
| MBW |
metabolic bodyweight |
| |
| MBZ |
mebendazole |
| |
| M+C |
methionine + cysteine |
| |
| MC |
mineralocorticoid |
| |
| mc |
metacarpal |
| |
| m.c |
moisture content |
| |
| MCA |
Medicines Control Agency
(UK) |
| |
| MCC |
milk cell count |
| |
| MCF |
malignant catarrhal fever
|
| |
| MCFA |
medium chain fatty acid |
| |
| mcg |
microgram |
| |
| MCH |
mean corpuscular (cell)
haemoglobin |
| |
| MCHC |
mean corpuscular (cell)
haemoglobin concentration |
| |
| mCi |
millicurie |
| |
| MCMV |
murine cytomegalovirus |
| |
| MCP |
metacarpophalangeal |
| |
| MCP,mcPA |
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic
acid (a weed killer) |
| |
| MCQ |
multiple choice questions |
| |
| M-CSF |
macrophage colony stimulating
factor |
| |
| MCT |
i mast cell tumour |
|
ii mean circulation time |
|
iii medium-chain triglyceride
|
| |
| MCV |
i mean cell volume |
|
ii mean clinical value |
|
iii mean corpuscular volume
|
|
iv minute canine virus |
| |
| MCVA |
Midland Counties Veterinary
Association |
| |
| MD |
i Managing Director |
|
ii Doctor of Medicine (L.Medicinae
Doctor) |
|
iii maximum dose |
|
iv Minimal Disease (status) |
|
v mucosal disease |
|
vi myocardial disease |
|
vii murine coronavirus
|
| |
| Md |
chemical symbol mendelerium |
| |
| MDA |
maternally derived antibody
|
| |
| MDAPE |
median absolute performance
error |
| |
| MDC |
Milk Development Council |
| |
| MDCK |
Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
(cells) |
| |
| MDD |
maximum daily dose |
| |
| MDF |
myocardial depressant factor |
| |
| MDI |
metered dose inhaler |
| |
| MDP |
methylene disphosphonate |
| |
| MDR |
i minimal daily requirement |
|
ii multiple drug resistance |
| |
| MDT |
mean death time |
| |
| MDV |
i Mareks Disease Virus
|
|
ii mucosal disease virus
|
| |
| MDPV |
Muscovy duck parvovirus |
| |
| ME |
i mesencephalon |
|
ii metabolisable energy |
|
iii myalgic encephalomyelitis
(Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) |
|
iv Mycoplasma Experience
(medium) |
| |
| M:E ratio |
myeloid-eythroid ratio |
| |
| 2-ME |
2-mercaptoethanol |
| |
| MEC |
minimal effective plasma
concentration |
| |
| MED |
i median effective dose
(ED50) |
|
ii minimal effective dose
|
| |
| MEDIC |
Minimal Essential Drug
Information Check List |
| |
| MEDLARS |
Medical Literature Analysis
+ Retrieval System (from National Library of Medicine, USA) |
| |
| MEDLINE |
MEDLARS on-line |
| |
| MEE |
multilocus enzyme electrophoresis |
| |
| MeFeHPRum |
Mediterranean Federation
Health & Production of Ruminants |
| |
| MEFR |
maximal expiratory flow
rate |
| |
| MEL |
maximum exposure limit |
| |
| Mel |
University of Melbourne
|
| |
| MEM |
minimal essential medium
|
| |
| MEN |
multiple endocrine neoplasia |
| |
| MEP |
Member of the European
Parliament |
| |
| MER |
maintenance energy requirement |
| |
| Més Sci Vet |
Maitrise és Science
Veterinaire |
| |
| MetHB |
methaemoglobin |
| |
| Methyl-CNU |
Semustine |
| |
| MEV |
mink enteritis vaccine |
| |
| MeV |
megaelectron volt |
| |
| MF |
i median frequency |
|
ii mitogenic factor |
| |
| mf |
microfilaria |
| |
| MFD |
minimal fatal dose |
| |
| MFHA |
Masters of Fox Hounds Association |
| |
| MFRD |
multi-focal retinal dysplasia |
| |
| MFS |
medicated feedingstuffs |
| |
| MG |
i monoglycerides |
|
ii myasthenia gravis |
| |
| Mg |
i chemical symbol magnesium |
|
ii Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
| |
| mg |
milligram |
| |
| MgAP |
magnesium ammonium phosphate |
| |
| MGG |
May-Grunwald Giemsa (stain) |
| |
| mg/kg |
parts per million |
| |
| MH |
malignant hyperthermia
|
| |
| MHA |
microangiopathic haemolytic
anaemia |
| |
| MHC |
major histocomparability
complex |
| |
| MHD |
i Meat Hygiene Division |
|
ii mulberry heart disease |
| |
| MHS |
Meat Hygiene Service |
| |
| MHSA |
Ministry of Health &
Social Affairs (Korea) |
| |
| MHV |
mouse hepatitis virus |
| |
| MHz,mhz |
megahertz |
| |
| MI |
i 3-methylindole |
|
ii myocardial infarction |
| |
| Mi |
Mycoplasma iowae |
| |
| MIC |
i methyl isocyanate |
|
ii minimal inhibitory concentration |
| |
| MIF |
i macrophage migration
inhibition factor |
|
ii melanocyte-stimulating
hormone-inhibiting factor |
| |
| MIMI |
multifactorial intramural
myocardial infarction |
| |
| min |
i minim |
|
ii minimum |
|
iii minute |
| |
| MIS |
minimally invasive strategy |
| |
| MISMR |
Michigan Society for Medical
Research |
| |
| MIT |
i macrophage inhibition
test |
|
ii monoiodotyrosine |
|
iii mouse inoculation test |
| |
| MJ |
megajoule |
| |
| ML |
manufacturing license |
| |
| ml/mL |
mililitre |
| |
| MLC |
Meat & Livestock Commission |
| |
| MLCB |
mannitol, lysine, crystal
violet, brilliant green (agar) |
| |
| MLD |
minimum lethal dose |
| |
| M litt |
Master of Letters |
| |
| MLR |
mixed lymphocyte reaction |
| |
| MLV |
modified live virus |
| |
| mm |
i millimetre |
|
ii mucous membranes |
|
iii muscles |
| |
| MM |
malignant melanoma |
| |
| Mm |
Mycoplasma meleagridis |
| |
| MMA |
mastitis-metritits-agalactia
syndrome |
| |
| MMB |
Milk Marketing Board (defunct) |
| |
| MMBM |
mammalian meat &bone
meal |
| |
| MMC |
migrating motility complex |
| |
| mmc |
minimum mycoplasmacidal
concentration |
| |
| MMF |
maximal midexpiratory flow
(rate) |
| |
| MMFR |
maximal midexpiratory flow
rate |
| |
| mmHg |
millimetres of mercury
(pressure unit) |
| |
| MMI |
methimazole |
| |
| MmmSC |
Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies
mycoides small colony biotype |
| |
| mmol |
millimol |
| |
| MMTV |
murine mammary tumour virus |
| |
| Mn |
chemical symbol manganese
|
| |
| MNCV |
motor nerve conduction
velocities |
| |
| MNE |
multifocal necrotic encephalitis |
| |
| MNTD |
maximum nontoxic dose |
| |
| MO |
i Medical Officer |
|
ii metaphyseal osteopathy |
|
iii myositis ossificians |
| |
| Mo |
chemical symbol molybdenum |
| |
| MoA |
Ministry of Agriculture
(UK – defunct) |
| |
| MOAE |
Hungarian Veterinary Association
Magyar Országos Allatorvos Egyesület |
| |
| MOD |
i Ministry of Defence |
|
ii multi-ocular defects |
| |
| MODS |
multiple organ dysfunction
syndrome |
| |
| MOE |
modulus of elasticity |
| |
| MOEH |
Medical Officer for Environmental
Health |
| |
| MOET |
Multiple Ovulation and
Embryo Transfer |
| |
| MOH |
Medical Officer of Health
|
| |
| mol |
mole (mass in grams = molecular
weight) |
| |
| mol. |
molecular |
| |
| mol.wt. |
molecular weight |
| |
| MOPP |
cancer chemotherapy using
methchlorethamine (mustine), Oncovine (vincristine), procarbazine
& prednisolone |
| |
| MOR |
modulus of rupture |
| |
| mOsm |
milliosmole |
| |
| MOTT |
mycobacteria other than
tuberculosis |
| |
| 6-MP |
6-mercaptopurine, purinethol |
| |
| m.p. |
melting point |
| |
| MPA |
i medroxyprogesterone acetate
|
|
ii monocytosis producing
activity |
| |
| MPD |
i maximum permitted dose |
|
ii myeloproliferative disease
|
| |
| MPF |
mitosis-promoting factor |
| |
| MPH |
Master of Public Health |
| |
| m-phenol |
3-methylphenol (from coal
or wood tar) |
| |
| M Phil |
Master of Philosophy |
| |
| MPN |
most probable number |
| |
| MPS |
i mononuclear phagocyte
system |
|
ii mucopolysaccharides |
| |
| MPVM |
Master of Preventive Veterinary
Medicine |
| |
| MR |
i methaemoglobin reductase |
|
ii multiresistant |
| |
| mR |
milliroentgen |
| |
| mrad |
millirad |
| |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council |
| |
| MRC-CCSP |
Medical Research Council
Comparative Clinical Science Panel |
| |
| MRCGP |
Member of the Royal College
of General Practitioners |
| |
| MRCPath |
Member of the Royal College
of Pathologists |
| |
| MRCS |
Member of the Royal College
of Surgeons |
| |
| MRCVS |
Member of the Royal College
of Veterinary Surgeons |
| |
| MRD |
multifocal retinal dysplasia |
| |
| MRDT104 |
multiresistant Salmonella
typhinurium definitive phage type 104 |
| |
| MRI |
magnetic resonance imaging |
| |
| MRL |
maximum residue limit |
| |
| MRLVD |
maximum residue limit for
a veterinary drug |
| |
| MRM |
mechanically recovered
meat |
| |
| mRNA |
messenger ribonucleic acid |
| |
| MRP |
muramidase related (released)
protein |
| |
| MRPS |
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society |
| |
| MRS |
de Man, Rogosa, Sharpe
(broth medium) |
| |
| MRSA |
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus |
| |
| MRT |
i mean residence time (of
drug in body) |
|
ii milk ring test |
| |
| MRV |
minute respiratory volume |
| |
| MRVP |
methyl red Voges-Proskauer
(medium) |
| |
| MS |
i mass spectometry |
|
ii Master of Science |
| |
| Ms |
Mycoplasma synoviae |
| |
| MSA |
Master of Science in Agriculture
|
| |
| MSAVA |
Macedonian Small Animal
Veterinary Association |
| |
| MSC |
Medicines Select Committee
(BVA) |
| |
| MSc |
Master of Science |
| |
| MSD |
marble spleen disease |
| |
| MS-DOS |
MicroSoft disc operating
system |
| |
| MSG |
i Members’ Services
Group (BVA) |
|
ii monosodium glutamate |
| |
| MSH |
melanocyte-stimulating
hormone (melanotrophin) |
| |
| MSMA |
monosodium methanearsenate
(arsenical herbicide) |
| |
| MS medium |
Murashiga & Skoog medium |
| |
| MSMR |
Massachussetts Society
for Medical Research |
| |
| MSMV |
monk seal morbillivirus |
| |
| MSP |
Member of the Scottish
Parliament |
| |
| MSPCA |
Massachusetts Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| |
| MSRV |
modified semisolid RV (medium) |
| |
| MSSU |
mid-stream sample urine |
| |
| MST |
mean survival time |
| |
| mSv |
milli Sievert |
| |
| MT/mt |
metatarsal |
| |
| MTC |
maximum tolerated (plasma)
concentration |
| |
| MTD |
i maximum tolerated dose |
|
ii median toxic dose (TD50) |
| |
| mtDNA |
mitochondrial DNA |
| |
| M Tech |
Master of Technology |
| |
| MTOC |
microtubule-organising
centre |
| |
| MTU |
muscle-tendon units |
| |
| Mu |
University of Murdoch |
| |
| MUCP |
maximum urethral closure
pressure |
| |
| MUP |
i maximum urethral pressure |
|
ii motor unit potential |
| |
| MV |
i maedi visna |
|
ii veterinary physician
(L.medicus veterinarius) |
|
iii measles virus |
|
iv megavolt |
|
v mitral valve |
|
vi Bachelor of Veterinary
Medicine |
| |
| Mv |
chemical symbol mendelevium |
| |
| mV |
millivolt |
| |
| MVA |
i Malta Veterinary Association |
|
ii modified vaccinia virus
Ankara |
| |
| MVB |
Bachelor of Veterinary
Medicine |
| |
| MVC |
minute virus of canines |
| |
| MVD |
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
| |
| MVM |
i microvillus membrane |
|
ii minute virus of mice |
| |
| MvetClinStud |
Master of Veterinary Clinical
Studies |
| |
| MvetMed/MVM |
Master of Veterinary Medicinec |
| |
| M VetSc/MVSc |
Master of Veterinary Science |
| |
| mvpH |
mixed venous pH |
| |
| MVV |
maximal voluntary ventilation
|
| |
| MVY virus |
Yucaipa virus (paramyxovirus
of poultry) |
| |
| MW |
i megawatt |
|
ii microwave |
|
iii molecular weight |
| |
| mW |
milliwatt |
| |
| MWA |
Member of the Welsh Assembly |
| |
| MWVA |
Mid-West Veterinary Association
(BVA) |
| |
| My301 |
guaifenesin, glyceryl ester
of guaiacol-an expectorant & muscle relaxant |
