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Mme.

1

abbreviation

  1. Madame.



M.M.E.

2

abbreviation

  1. Master of Mechanical Engineering.

  2. Master of Mining Engineering.

  3. Master of Music Education.

Mme

noun

  1. the French equivalent of Mrs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mme.1

from French Madame, Mesdames
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Example Sentences

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These guidelines recommend avoiding opioid prescriptions if at all possible and, when prescribing them for chronic pain, generally keeping the dosage below 90 morphine milligram equivalents, or M.M.E., per day — a measure calculated by comparing other opioids to the strength of morphine.

Importantly, they eliminate the 90 M.M.E. per day recommended dosage cap.

While the guidelines explicitly reject dosage caps, they continue to warn doctors to be wary of dosing over 50 M.M.E. per day, which could still be misread as a rule.

Dr. Frieden defended 90 M.M.E., as the measurement is known, as a responsible ceiling.

A report by the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services estimated that in 2016 about 500,000 beneficiaries of Medicare drug plans had been getting prescriptions of 120 M.M.E. or greater for three months or longer — a figure that doesn’t fully capture the current affected population.

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