MAC

1. Abbreviation for minimal anesthetic concentration; minimal alveolar concentration; membrane attack complex. 2. Abbreviation for Mycobacterium avium complex. See Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex.

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MacConkey [broth]; magnetic authentication code; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable concentration; maximum aerobic capacity; maximum allowable cost; medical alert center; membrane attack complex; message authentication code; midarm circumference; minimum alveolar concentration; minimum antibiotic concentration; mitral annular calcium; modulator of adenylate cyclase; monitored anesthesia care; multiaccess catheter; Mycobacterium avium complex

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MAC abbr

1) maximum allowable concentration

2) Mycobacterium avium complex

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membrane attack complex; minimal alveolar concentration; Mycobacterium avium complex (see under disease).