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MCL en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of medial collateral ligament.
    • ACL tears do require surgery, but MCL tears can heal on their own, according to doctors. 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of maximum containment level.
    • For PFOA and PFOS, the enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) will be set at 4.0 parts per trillion individually. 2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN:

Forms

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MCLs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

UCL · PCL · ACL · LCL

Hypernyms

body part · ligament

wikidata: Q3241072

Source: en.wiktionary, “MCL” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.