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The occupational title of physician assistant and physician associate originated in the United States in 1967 at Duke University.The role has been adopted in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Bulgaria, Myanmar, Switzerland, Liberia, Ghana, and by analogous names throughout Africa, each with their own nomenclature and ...
Nurse aide (CNA); Nurse technician (CNT); Care partner (CP); Medical Assistants. Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Certified Medical Assistant - Admin (CMA-A) Certified Medical Assistant - Clinical (CMA-C)
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...
MPA or M.P.A. Master of Transportation Safety Administration [137] MTSA: Member of the ACE: ACE: American Cinema Editors: Member of the ASC: ASC: American Society of Cinematographers: Member of the CSA [138] CSA: Casting Society of America: Member of the MPSE [139] MPSE: Motion Picture Sound Editors: Mobile Certified Marketer [140] MCM: Mobile ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
MPA: medroxyprogesterone acetate MPD: Main pancreatic duct MPD(s) myeloproliferative disease(s) MPGN: membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: MPO: myeloperoxidase MPT: multi-professional team MPV: mean platelet volume: MR: medical representative mental retardation mitral regurgitation modified release (compare time release technology (medicine))