| ISR | information storage and retrieval; Institute for Sex Research; Institute of Surgical Research; insul... |
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| OHR | occupational health research; Office of Health Research |
| AMA | against medical advice; alkaline membrane assay; American Management Association; American Medical A... |
| AMC | academic medical center; acetylmethyl carbinol; Animal Medical Center; antibody-mediated cytotoxicit... |
| CMT | California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical tr... |
| medical mycology | The study of fungi that produce disease in humans and other animals, and of the diseases they produce, their ecology, and their epidemiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medical office buildings | Office and laboratory facilities constructed for the use of physicians and other health personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical oncologist | <specialist> A cancer physician, qualified in internal medicine who has subspecialised in the whole person assessment of patients with cancer and also in the use of chemotherapy, hormones and biotherapy. Some medical oncologists combine their practice with internal medicine, others with haem-oncology or palliative medicine. There are few such specialists world-wide. The majority work in academic university units. (16 Dec 1997) |
| medical oncology | A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical pathology | Pathology pertaining to various diseases not suitable for treatment by surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles to the practice of medicine; the application of clinical psychology or clinical health psychology, usually in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical receptionists | Individuals who receive patients in a medical office. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record administrators | Individuals professionally qualified in the management of patients' records. Duties may include planning, designing, and managing systems for patient administrative and clinical data, as well as patient medical records. The concept includes medical record technicians. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record linkage | The creation and maintenance of medical and vital records in multiple institutions in a manner that will facilitate the combined use of the records of identified individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records | Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the creating, care, storage and retrieval of medical records. It also provides statistical information for the medical and administrative staff. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records, problem-oriented | The structuring of a patient's record according to a complete listing of his medical problems accompanied by progress notes for each problem. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records systems, computerised | Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical secretaries | Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical selection | Preservation, by medical care and treatment, of individuals of pathologic genotypes who would not otherwise reproduce, thus tending to increase the frequency of pathologic genes in the population; conversely, reduction of the frequency of pathologic genes by preventing reproduction of individuals of specified genotype by surgical sterilization or other means. (05 Mar 2000) |