What is CCMA in medical terms?
The abbreviation CCMA may have a few different meanings. However, what is the medical term CCMA?
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What does CCMA medical abbreviation mean?
In the science & medicine field, the abbreviation CCMA means Canadian Certified Medical Assistant.
CCMA: Canadian Certified Medical Assistant
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ACGME | Accreditation Council of GRADUATE medical education |
| BCL | Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory |
| BLE | bilateral lower extremities; both lower extremities |
| BOM | bilateral otitis media |
| BRM | biological response modifier |
| CBSC | cord blood stem cells |
| CKC | cold knife conization; closed kinetic chain |
| CMD | Canadian Medical Directory |
| CNV | Cranial nerve number 5 |
| CONSORT | Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials |
| CWH | Center for Weight and Health |
| D/C | discontinue; discharge |
| D5W | Dextrose 5% in Water |
| DCARA | Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency |
| DDMI | Developmentally Disabled Mental Illness |
| DLH | double lumen hickman |
| DORWG | Diabetes and Obesity Research Working Group |
| DOT | Directly Observed Therapy |
| DPH | Department of Public Health; Doctor of Public Health |
| EBLL | elevated blood lead level |
| ECU | extensor carpi ulnaris; emergency care unit |
| EDTA | edetate calcium disodium |
| EMDC | Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre |
| ENHA | European Nutrition for Health Alliance |
| ERG | electroretinogram |
| ESWT | Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy |
| EWCL | Extended Wear Contact Lens |
| FAMSA | Federation of African Medical Student Associations |
| FHS | fetal heart sounds |
| GN | Glomerulonephritis |
| GNC | gram-negative cocci |
| HCCAP | Health Care Consumer Assistance Program |
| HCW | health care worker |
| HIDA | hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (cholescintigraphy) |
| ICHP | Institute for Community Health Promotion |
| IGM | immunoglobulins G |
| IQCODE | Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly |
| IVP | Intravenous Pyelogram |
| JACCOL | Jaundice, Anemia, Clubbing, Cyanosis, Oedema and Lymphadenopathy |
| JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| KPC | Klebsiella Pneumonia Carbapenemase |
| LDUH | low-dose-unfractionated heparin |
| LOB | loss of balance |
| LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
| MAPCAs | Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries |
| MCOC | Medical Center of Ocean County |
| MCOP | Medical Center Orthotics Prosthetics |
| MMMS | Medical Material Management System |
| MND | motor neuron disease |
| MPH | miles per hour; Master of Public Health |
| MSRT | Medical Student Research Training |
| MTDM | Medication Therapy Disease Management |
| MTX | methotrexate |
| NBTNF/M | newborn, term, normal, female/male |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCIMS | North Carolina Integrative Medical Society |
| NED | no evidence of disease |
| NMSO | National Medical School Outreach |
| NT-proBNP | N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide |
| OAHPP | Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Act |
| PASG | pneumatic anti-shock garments |
| PCD | pacing cardioverter/defibrillator; percutaneous drainage; pneumatic compression device; programmed cell death |
| PMD | Primary Medical Doctor |
| PTFE | polytetrafluoroethylene |
| QL | quality of life |
| RHC | Right Heart Cath |
| RHRP | Reserve Health Readiness Program |
| RU | Repertorium Universale |
| RVC | responds to verbal commands |
| S/P | Status Post; also Supra Pubic |
| SCHC | Shasta Community Health Center |
| SFV | Superficial Femoral Vein |
| SMG | submandibular gland |
| SOA | Shortness of Air (replaces “SOB” — shortness of breath — in some records) |
| SPNC | Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia |
| SRD | single rising dose |
| STH | somatotrophic hormone (somatotropin) |
| STIR | Short Tau Inversion Recover |
| Strep | streptococcus |
| THIN | Team The Health Improvement Network |
| TRMC | Tift Regional Medical Center |
| UBQ | Ubiquitin mRNA |
| WIHB | Western Isles Health Board |
| XNAs | Xenoreactive natural antibodies |
| coag | coagulation |
| decub | decubitus (lying down) |
| esub | electronic submission |
| gtt | Drops. |
| h/o | history of |
| p̄ | post ( after) |
| rDNA | Ribosomal Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
