| MS | Maffuci syndrome; maladjustment score; mandibular series; Marfan syndrome; Marie-Strumpell [syndrome... |
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| MSE | medical support equipment; mental status examination; muscle-specific enolase |
| MSQ | mental status questionnaire; Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire |
| MSS | Marshall-Smith syndrome; massage; Medical Superintendents' Society; Medicare Statistical System; men... |
| PS | pacemaker syndrome; paired stimulation; paradoxical sleep; paraspinal; parasympathetic; Parkinson sy... |
| SA | Status Asthmaticus |
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| SE | Status Epilepticus |
| TAS | Total antioxidant status |
| ER | estrogen receptor status |
| ind status | Status given an experimental drug after the FDA approves an application for testing it in people. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| educational status | Educational attainment or level of education of individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| karnofsky performance status | A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for dr. David a. Karnofsky, an american specialist in cancer chemotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |