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MCD

MCD is the initialism of minimum cost design.

MCD is the initialism of minor civil division.

MCD is the initialism of minimal change disease.

Meaning of minor civil division

Noun

minor civil division (plural minor civil divisions)

  1. (US) A primary governmental and/or administrative division of a county or county-equivalent, typically a municipal government such as a city, town, or civil township.

Meaning of minimal change disease

Noun

minimal change disease (uncountable)

  1. A disease of the kidneys, characterized by proteinuria, edema, weight gain, and hypoalbuminaemia.
    Synonyms:
    MCD, minimal change glomerulopathy, nil disease

Proper noun capitalized: McD

McD

  1. (informal) McDonald's.
    • Executive staff members take themselves very seriously at McD. This is a war, not a game. Yet they also know how to enjoy themselves and have fun. They realize that as serious as a situation may be, McD will overcome it, just as it has overcome all the nasty, unfounded rumors of worms in McD...1994, Charles Bernstein, Ron Paul, “Leader of the Pack: The Big Mac”, in Winning the Chain Restaurant Game: Eight Key Strategies, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 240
    • I went to McD for lunch with Jen Nee and Sunny. Cheeseburgers only 88c.2005, Ee Lin See, “Chicken Pox!”, in My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore, Singapore: Monsoon Books, published 2011, →ISBN

Forms of MCD

pluralMCDs

Origin of MCD

Abbreviation of McDonald's.

Questions about MCD

What does MCD mean?
MCD means mcDonald's.
What is MCD the initialism of?
MCD is the initialism of minimum cost design.
What part of speech is MCD?
MCD is a proper noun.

Words near MCD in the dictionary

  1. McCutchans
  2. McCutchen
  3. McCutchens
  4. McCutcheon
  5. McCutcheons
  6. MCD
  7. McD's
  8. MCDA
  9. McDade
  10. McDades
  11. McDaid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MCD (page history and authors); McD (page history and authors); minor civil division (page history and authors); minimal change disease (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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