Medicine
- Macrophage migration inhibitory factor, a protein believed to be involved in immune response.
- Müllerian inhibiting factor, a hormone that plays a role in the sexual differentiation of humans
- Merthiolate-Iodine-Formaldehyde-Solution, used in biomedical laboratories for MIF-concentrations of parasites in stool samples
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