MB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MB mean? 

• MB (noun)
  The noun MB has 4 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits

2. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

3. a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

4. (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine

  Familiarity information: MB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Mb; Mbit; megabit

Hypernyms ("Mb" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "Mb"):

kb; kbit; kilobit (a unit of information equal to 1000 bits)

Holonyms ("Mb" is a part of...):

Gb; Gbit; gigabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

M; MB; megabyte

Hypernyms ("MB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "MB"):

K; kB; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes)

Holonyms ("MB" is a part of...):

G; GB; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

M; MB; mebibyte; megabyte; MiB

Hypernyms ("MB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "MB"):

K; kB; KiB; kibibyte; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes)

Holonyms ("MB" is a part of...):

G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Bachelor of Medicine; MB

Hypernyms ("MB" is a kind of...):

baccalaureate; bachelor's degree (an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

The determination of the ratio of creatine kinase MB compared to total creatine kinase present in a sample.

(Creatine Kinase MB to Total Creatine Kinase Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The HLA antigens are encoded by closely linked multiallelic genes of the HLA (MHC) complex, a region containing several genetic loci (HLA-A, -B, -C, -DP, -DQ, -DR, -MB, -MT, and -Te).

(MHC Class I Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

High risk features includes at least one of the following: history of accelerating tempo of ischemic symptoms in preceding 48 hours; character of pain - prolonged ongoing (greater than 20 minutes) rest pain; clincal findings - pulmonary edema, most likely due to ischemia or new or worsening mitral regurgitation murmur; or S3 or new worsening rales or Hypotension, bradycardia, tachycardia or age greater than 75 years; ECG - angina at rest with transient ST-segment changes greater than 0.5 mm or bundle-branch block, new or presumed new or sustained ventricular tachycardia; cardiac markers - NSTEMI patients with elevated cardiac TnT, Tnl, or CK-MB.

(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for High Risk Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction or Unstable Angina, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)