| MCNS | Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome = MCN |
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| ALCEQ | Adolescent Life Change Event Questionnaire |
| BDC | Bazex-Dupre-Christol [syndrome]; burn-dressing change |
| chg | change, changed |
| COP | capillary osmotic pressure; change of plaster; coefficient of performance; colloid oncotic pressure;... |
| MCN | Minimal change nephropathy |
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| MCNS | Minimal change nephrotic syndrome |
| NC | No Change |
| Crooke's hyaline change | Replacement of cytoplasmic granules of basophil cells of the anterior pituitary by homogenous hyaline material; a characteristic finding in Cushing's syndrome, but usually not present in the cells of a basophil adenoma. Synonym: Crooke's hyaline degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| social change | Social process whereby the values, attitudes, or institutions of society, such as education, family, religion, and industry become modified. It includes both the natural process and action programs initiated by members of the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enthalpy change | <chemistry> In a reaction, this is more or less equal to the difference between the energy put into breaking bonds and the enery gained from new bond formation. (13 Oct 1997) |
| epigenetic change | <biology> Any changes in an organism brought about by alterations in the action of genes are called epigenetic changes. Epigenetic transformation refers to those processes which cause normal cells to become tumour cells without the occurrence of any mutations. (07 May 1998) |
| fatty change | The appearance of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells. See: fatty degeneration. Synonym: fatty change. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life change events | Those occurrences, including social, psychological, and environmental, which require an adjustment or effect a change in an individual's pattern of living. (12 Dec 1998) |