PMA

PMA, an acronym, may stand for the following:

In education:

• Professional Master's in Social Sciences and Humanities, a postgraduate academic degree program established by the Council of Graduate Schools

In medicine:

• Para-methoxyamphetamine, an amphetamine derivative and an adulterant in some ecstasy tablets.
• Persistent migraine aura
• Pre-motor area of the motor cortex
• Progressive muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative muscle-wasting disease

In military:

• Pakistan Military Academy
• Philippine Military Academy
• Puckapunyal Military Area, Australia

In science:

• Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate
• Phosphomolybdic acid, a chemical most frequently used as a thin-layer chromatography stain
• Polymethyl acrylate
• PMA is known in the chemical industry as (propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate)
• Program Memory Area
• phpMyAdmin, a remote administration tool intended for simplified management of the MySQL database server over the Internet (ie. web-based)

In other uses:

• Pacific Maritime Association
• Parts Manufacturer Approval, a government approval authorizing the manufacture of aircraft parts (in the United States, issued by the FAA)
• People's Municipal Assembly
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Photo Marketing Association Annual Convention and Trade Show
• PMA Group, a lobbying firm in the United States
• Positive mental attitude
• Post mortem auctoris, a Latin term meaning 'after the author's death'
• Power Marketing Administration
• Prefeitura Municipal de Americana, São Paulo (Americana City Hall)
• Premarket approval (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
• Pressurized Mating Adapter, for docking a Space Shuttle to the International Space Station
• Produce Marketing Association
• Publishers Marketing Association
• Punjabi Music Awards
• Primary Market Area