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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Abbreviation:

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or a phrase (group of words).

The result of abbreviation is a reduced form or abridgement of writing. They are commonly used because they save time and space.

As said by John Horne Tooke, “Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury.

Examples:

ATM = Automated Teller Machine

BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation

Acronym:

It is a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.

Examples:

NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)

AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Most Common Abbreviations & Acronyms with the Letter M

M

M / M. / m	Mega- / Miaden Over (Cricket) / Master (in academic degrees) / Member (of) / Money (Economics) / Million(s) / Monsieur (French) = Mister (Mr. – Plural MM) / Motorway (followed by a number e.g.: M3) / Medium / Malta (IVR = International Vehicle Registration) / Molar (Chemistry) / M = 1000 (Roman Numeral) / Meta- or meso- (Chemistry) /
M / m.	Mark(s) (former German currency) / male / masculine / mass / Meridiem (Latin) = noon / metre(s) or meter(s) / mile(s) / milli- / Mille- / million(s) / mobile / married / month(s)
MA	Master of Arts / Massachusetts (US state) / Morocco (IVR)
MAB	Monoclonal antibody (Immunology)
MAC	Migration Authorization Code (internet broadband) / Multiplex Analogue Components (Television signal designing)
Macc.	(the apocryphal book of) Maccabees
MAD	Magnetic anomaly detection or  detector / Mutual assured destruction
MAFF	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now replaced by DEFRA = Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
MB	Manitoba (Canadian province) / Megabyte = Mb  (Computing) / Mark of the Beast / Medicinae Baccalaureus (Latin) = Bachelor of Medicine / Medal of Bravery
mb / mbar	Millibar
M.B.A./MBA	Master of Business Administration
MBBS	Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MBE	Member (of the Order of) the British Empire (UK)

MBO	Management buyout
MBSc	Master of Business Science
MBT	Main Battle Tank
mbyte	Megabyte(s)
MC	Member of Congress / Member of Council / Military Cross (UK) / Master of ceremonies / Monaco (IVR) / Music cassette / Medium Coeli (Latin) = midheaven (astrology)
Mc	Megacycles (unit of frequency)
MCA	Medicines Control Agency / Monetary compensatory amounts
MCB	Miniature circuit breaker
MCC	Marylebone Cricket Club
mcg	Microgram (not in official use)
MCh/M.Chir.	Magister Chirurgiae (Latin) = Master of Surgery
MCI	Mild cognitive impairment ( rather a precursor of dementia)

mCi	Millicurie(s) (radioactive quantity)
MCIJ	Member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists
M.Com.	Master of Commerce
MCP	Male chauvinist pig (informal)
MCPS	Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society
MCR	Middle Common (or Combination) Room (UK)
Mc/s	Megacycles per second
MD	Managing Director / Maryland (US state = Md.) / Mentally deficient/ Moldova (IVR = International Vehicle Registration) / Medicinae Doctor (Latin) = Doctor of Medicine
Md	Mendelevium (Chemical Element)
MDC	Movement for Democratic Change
MDF	Medium density lifeboat
MDI	Multiple document interface (Computing)

Mdle / Mlle	Mademoiselle (French) = Miss
Mdm.	Madame
MDMA	Methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (a stimulant drug)
mdr-TB	Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
MDS	Master of Dental Surgery
MDSc	Master of Dental Science
ME	Middle East / Maine (US state = Me.) / Middle English / Methodist Episcopal / Mining or Mechanical Engineer / Most Excellent / Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)
Me	Maître
MEcon	Master of Economics
med.	Medical / medicine / medieval / medium / Medius or media or medium (Latin) = middle
MEd	Master of Education
meg	Megabyte(s) (Computing slang)
MF	Machine-finished / Middle French / Medium frequency / Multi-frequency

mf	Mezzo-forte
MFA	Multi-Fiber Arrangement
mfd	Manufactured
MFH	Master of Foxhounds
mfrs	Manufacturers
MFS	Marfan Syndrome
mft	Mistura (Mixtura) fiat (Latin) = let a mixture be made
mfv	Motor fleet vehicle
mg	Milligram(s)
MG	Machine-gun / Morris Garages
Mg	Magnesium (Chemistry)
MGB	Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezompasnosti (Russian) =Ministry of State Security
MGL	Mongolia (IVR = International Vehicle Registration)
MGM	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (film company formed in 1924)
Mgr	Manager / Monseigneur (French) / Monsignor
MH	Medal of Honor
MHA	Member of the House of Assembly

MHC	Major histocompatibility complex (of immunity proteins) (Biochemistry)
MHD	Magnetic hydrodynamic / Magnetohydrodynamic(s)
MHG	Middle High German
MHR	Member of the House of Representatives (US & Australia)
MHRA	Modern Humanities Research Association
MHz	Megahertz
MI	Michigan (US state) / Military Intelligence
mi.	Mile(s)
MIA	Missing in action
mic.	Mica
Mic.	(the book of) Micah (a Hebrew minor prophet – Old Testament)
Mich.	Michigan (US state) / Michaelmas

MICR	Magnetic ink character recognition
MIDAS	(acronym) Missile Defence Alarm Systems (from 1958 to 1966)
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface (communication protocol)
MiG / mig	Mikoyan and Gurevich (Russian aircraft (designers))
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
mil / milit	Military
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (internet email transmission)
MIN	Mobile Identification Number / Multi-digit Identification Number
min.	Minimum / Minute(s)
Min.	Minister / Ministry
MIPS / mips	(abbreviation & acronym) Millions of instructions per second (Computing)
MIR	Mortgage interest relief
MIRAS	Mortgage interest relief at source (up to 2000, now abolished) (UK)

MIRV	(acronym) Multiple Independently targeted Re-entry Vehicle (warhead of intercontinental nuclear missile)
MIS	Management Information System(s) (Computing)
MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITI	Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
mitt	Mitten (abbreviation in mid-18th century)
MJI	Member of the Institute of Journalists
M.Juris	Magister Juris (Latin) = Master of Law
Mk	Mark (I, II, III, etc.) / Mark (former German currency) / Markka (Finnish currency) / Mark (esp. New Testament)
MK	Macedonia (IVR) / Mark (of cars)
MKS / mks	Metre-kilogram-second (unit or system)
MKSA	Metre-kilogram-second-ampere (unit or system)
Mkt / mkt	Market (in place names)
ml	Mile(s) / Millilitre(s)
Ml	Megaliter(s) (US)
MLA	Member of the Legislative Assembly / Modern Language Association (US)

MLC	Member of the Legislative Council / Meat and Livestock Commission
MLD	Mean lethal dose (radiology) / minimum lethal dose / Manual lymphatic drainage
MLF	Multilateral (nuclear) force
MLitt	Magister Litterarum (Latin) = Master of Letters (or of Literature)
Mdlle / Mlle	Mademoiselle (French) = Miss (Mlles – plural)
MLR	Minimum lending rate
MLRS	Multiple launch rocket system
MLSO	Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer
mm	Millimeter(s)
MM	Maelzel’s metronome / Military Medal / Messieurs (French) = Gentlemen, Sirs
MMC	Monopolies and Mergers Commission (now replaced by CC = Competition Commission)
Mme	Madame (French) = Mrs (plural – Mmes)
mmf / m.m.f.	Magneto motive force
MMOG/MMOGs	Massively multiplayer online game (an online video game)
MMORPG/MMORPGs	Massive (Massively) Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (an online video game)
MMR	Measles, mumps and rubella (vaccine to small children)
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service (for mobile phones)

MMus/M.Mus.	Master of Music
MN / M.N.	Merchant Navy / Minnesota (US state) / Master of Nursing (M.N.)
Mn	Manganese (Chemistry)
MNA	Member of the National Assembly (of Quebec in Canada)
MND	Motor neuron disease
MO	Magneto-optical (Computing) / Medical Officer / Money Order / Modus Operandi / Missouri (US state, also Mo) / Molecular orbital (Chemistry)
mo / mo.	Moment / Month (mo.) Moustache (Australia & New Zealand)
Mo	Molybdenum (Chemistry)
MOC	Mozambique (IVR = International Vehicle Registration)
moc	Moccasin (colloquial) (US)
MOD	Ministry of Defence (UK)
mod.	Moderate / Moderato (music) / Modern (also Mod)
MOH	Medical Officer of Health (abolished in UK in 1974) = chief health executive of a local authority

MOJ	Ministry of Justice
mol wt	Molecular weight
MOMA/MoMA	(abreviation & acronym) Museum of Modern Art (US)
MOMI	(acronym) Museum of the Moving Image (London)
Mon.	Monday / Monmouthshire (now mostly in modern Gwent)
mon/mun	Money (colloquial)
MOR	Middle-of-the-road (music), (esp. in broadcasting)
Mor.	Morocco
MORI	(acronym) Market & Opinion Research International (trademark)
MOS/mos	Metal oxide semiconductor / Missouri / months (mos)
MOSFET	(acronym) Metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (Electronics)
MOT	Ministry of Transport / e.g.: MOT test/MOT certificate
MOU	Memorandum of understanding
MP	Member of Parliament / Military police (man) / Megapixel(s)
mp	Mezzo piano (music)

m.p.	Melting point
MP3	MPEG-1 Layer 3 (a compressed digital audio file format)
MPAA	Motion Picture Association of America
MPC	Monetary policy committee (of the Bank of England) / Multimedia personal computer
MPD	Multiple-personality disorder
MPEG	Motion Pictures Experts Group (Computing)
m.p.g.	Miles per gallon
mph / m.p.h.	Miles per hour
MPharm	Master of Pharmacy
MPhil	Master of Philosophy
MPS	Member of the Pharmaceutical Society
MPV	Multipurpose vehicle

MR	Master of the Rolls / Mauritian rupee / Motivation(al) research (investigative study of consumer reaction)
Mr / Mr.	Mister (Messrs – plural)
MRA	Moral Re-Armament
MRAM	Magneto-resistive Random Access Memory
MRBM	Medium-range ballistic missile
MRC	Medical Research Council (UK)
MRCA	Multi-role combat aircraft
MRCGP	Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
MRCP	Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MRCSLT	Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
MRCVS	Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
MRE	Meal(s) Ready to Eat

MRes	Master of Research
MRG	Minority Rights Group
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
MRIA	Member of the Royal Irish Academy
MRM	Mechanically-recovered meat
mRNA	Messenger RNA (Biology)
MRPhS	Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Mrs / Mrs.	Mistress (Missus/Missis) (addressing a married woman)
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (a strain of bacterium)
MS	Manuscript (MSS-plural) / Master of Science / Master of Surgery / Master Seaman (Canadian) / Mississippi (US state) / Motor ship (US)/ Mauritius (IVR=International Vehicle Regn.) / Multiple sclerosis
Ms	A substitute title for Mrs. or Miss
ms	Millisecond / manuscript / (also M/S) months /

MSA	Motorway Service Area
MSB/msb	Most significant bit (Computing)
MSC	Manpower Services Commission
M.Sc./MSc	Master of Science
MS DOS® / MSDOS	Microsoft disk operating system (Computing) (Trademark) (a proprietary name)
MSF	Manufacturing, Science, and Finance (Union) (historical) (UK) / Medecins sans Frontieres
MSG	Monosodium glutamate
msg	Message
Msgr	Monseigneur (US) = Monsignor
msl	Mean sea-level
MSM	Methyl sulphonyl methane (anti-inflammatory agent) / Mainstream media (opposed to the blogosphere)
MSME	Micro, small and medium enterprise (India)
MSN/MSN®	Microsoft Network (trademark)

MSP	Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs-plural)
MSRP	Manufacturer’s suggested retail price
MSS/mss	Manuscripts
MST	Mountain Standard Time (US)
M.St.	Master of Studies
msv	Millisievert(s) (a unit of radiation dosage)
MSW	Magnetic Surface Wave (radar) / Medical Social Worker
M.S.W.	Master of Social Work
MT	Mean Time / Machine translation / Mechanical transport / Montana (US state) / Motor transport / Mountain time
Mt / (Mt.)	Mount (also Mt.) / Mountain (also Mt.) / Meitnerium (Chemistry) / Metical (currency of Mozambique)
MTB	Motor torpedo-boat (UK) / Mountain bike
MTBF	Mean time between failures (Electronics, etc.)

MTD	Moving target detector (radar)
MTEech	Master of Technology
M.Th.	Master of Theology
mth	Month
MTNL	Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (India)
Mts	Mountains
M.T.S.	Master of Theological Studies
MTV	Music Television (a subscription television network)
mu	The Greek letter M, µ = M or m / micron (micro-) (symbol) / As a numeral µ = 40, / µ = 40000 / The amplification factor of a valve (Electronics)
MUC	Montreal Urban Community
MUD	Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension (a class of internet computer game)
MUFTI	Minimum Use of Force Tactical Intervention
M.U.P.	Master of Urban Planning

MURB	Multiple unit residential building (Canadian)
Mus.D. / Mus. Doc.	Musicae Doctor (Latin) = Doctor of Music
mutt	Muttonhead (= a dull, stupid person (informal))
MV	Megavolt(s) / Motor vessel / Muzzle velocity
mv	Merchant vessel / Motor vessel / Muzzle velocity
Mv	Mendelevium (now Md) (artificial radioactive element)
mV	Millivolt(s)
MVA	Market value assessment (Canadian)
MVD	Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (Russia) = The Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs
MVDS	Multipoint (or microwave) video distribution system
MVO	Member of the (Royal) Victorian Order
MVP	Most valuable player (US) (sport)

MW	Malawi (IVR=International Vehicle Registration) / Medium wave / Megawatt(s) /
mW	Milliwatt(s)
M-way	Motorway
MWF	Medical Women’s Federation
MWGM	Most Worshipful (or Worthy) Grand Master (Freemasonry)
MX	Missile experimental
mx	Maxwell (unit of magnetic flux)
Mx	Middlesex (a former county in England) / Maxwell(s)
MY	Motor Yacht
MYA	Myanmar (IVR = International Vehicle Registration)
MYOB	Mind your own business

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