| MCD | 1) Minimal Change Disease 2) Menstrual Cycle Day |
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| MCL | Minimal Change Disease |
| MCN | Minimal Change Nephrotic syndrome = MCNS |
| MCNS | Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome = MCN |
| MC | mass casualties; mast cell; Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; maximum concentration; Med... |
| Baggenstoss change | Distention of pancreatic acini by proteinaceous secretion, seen in dehydration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| change | An alteration; in pathology, structural alteration of which the cause and significance is uncertain. Synonym: shift. (05 Mar 2000) |
| change of life | Colloquialism for menopause, climacteric. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical change | A process in which one or more substances are changed into one or more different substances. (09 Oct 1997) |
| conformational change | <cell biology> Alteration in the shape usually the tertiary structure of a protein as a result of alteration in the environment pH, temperature, ionic strength) or the binding of a ligand (to a receptor) or binding of substrate (to an enzyme). (18 Nov 1997) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| minimal | Smallest or least, the smallest possible. Origin: L. Minimus = least (18 Nov 1997) |
| minimal air | The volume of gas that remains in the lungs and cannot be expelled after they have been removed from the body, or after the chest has been opened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal alveolar concentration | The end-alveolar concentration of an inhalation anaesthetic which prevents somatic response to a painful stimulus in 50% of individuals; an index of relative potency of inhalation anaesthetics. Synonym: minimal anaesthetic concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal amplitude nystagmus | Nystagmus of so small an amplitude that it is not detected by the usual clinical tests. Synonym: minimal amplitude nystagmus. Origin: micro-+ G. Nystagmos, a nodding (05 Mar 2000) |