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MCL

MCL is the initialism of Michigan Compiled Laws.

MCL is the initialism of medial collateral ligament.

MCL is the initialism of maximum containment level.

Meaning of medial collateral ligament

Noun

medial collateral ligament (plural medial collateral ligaments)

  1. One of the four main ligaments of the knee in humans and certain other animals.
    • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    MCL

Forms of MCL

pluralMCLs

Questions about MCL

What is MCL the initialism of?
MCL is the initialism of Michigan Compiled Laws.

Words near MCL in the dictionary

  1. McKuen
  2. McKuens
  3. McKune
  4. McKunes
  5. McKusick-Kaufman syndrome
  6. MCL
  7. McLachlan
  8. McLafferty
  9. McLain
  10. McLamb
  11. McLambs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MCL (page history and authors); medial collateral ligament (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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