| TPNH | reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide |
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| MCD | 1) Minimal Change Disease 2) Menstrual Cycle Day |
| BCL | basic cycle length; B-cell leukemia/lymphoma |
| BRAC | basic rest-activity cycle |
| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
| life cycle | The entire life history of a living organism. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| life-cycle costing | A method of comparing costs of equipment or buildings based on original costs plus all operating and maintenance costs over the useful life of the equipment. Future costs are discounted. (05 Dec 1998) |
| life cycle stages | The continuous sequence of changes undergone by metamorphosing insects and other animals during the developmental process. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lytic cycle | The general life cycle of a lytic virus, from infection of the host cell, hijacking of the host cells mechanisms, use of the host cells mechanisms to produce viral components, and assembly of the components into progeny viruses, to the destruction of the host cell by rupturing its plasma membrane (lysis) and the release of the progeny viruses so that they can spread and infect other cells. (09 Oct 1997) |