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MD, Md, mD or md may stand for:

[edit] Science

• Doctor of Medicine, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor (MD)
• Macular degeneration, a condition characterized by progressive thinning and atrophy of the macula area of the retina
• Mahalanobis distance, a distance measure introduced by P. C. Mahalanobis in 1936
• Mean difference, a measure of statistical dispersion
• Mendelevium (Md), a symbol for the synthetic chemical element
• Millidarcy (mD), one thousandth of a darcy, a unit of fluid permeability that is sometimes more convenient than the darcy
• Molecular dynamics, a form of computer simulation where atoms and molecules are allowed to interact for a period of time under known laws of physics
• Muscular dystrophy, a genetic and hereditary muscle disease
• Myotonic dystrophy, a type of muscular dystrophy
• Medial dorsal nucleus, a large nucleus in the thalamus
• Mesoscale discussions produced by the United States Storm Prediction Center

[edit] Geography

• Maryland, United States postal abbreviations for American state
• Moldova, a country that has the ISO country code and Internet top-level domain "md"
• Magdeburg, a city in Germany
• Miami-Dade County, Florida, a county in the United States

[edit] Music

• Miles Davis, a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer
• MiniDisc, an optical storage medium developed by Sony
• Music director, also called a musical director, a profession in various fields of entertainment

[edit] Companies

• Managing director, term used for the chief executive of many companies
• McDonnell Douglas, formerly a major American aerospace manufacturer, now merged with Boeing
• MediaDefender, a company that tries to thwart P2P file sharing
• Mountain Dew, a company that produces limeade soda
• Air Madagascar, which has the IATA airline code "MD"

[edit] Computing

• RAID drive linux kernel, also known as "md" for "multiple drive"
• Mkdir, also known as "md", a DOS command that creates a directory

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Man-day, in project management
• Muscular Development, a bodybuilding magazine
• Muhammad (name), "Md." is often used as a shortened version of the name
• MD 20/20, a brand of fortified wine
• Infinite Challenge, also known as Muhan Dojeon, a South Korean comic-variety TV programme
• Matthew Dent (designer), designer of the redesigned 2008 British coinage, whose initials can be seen embedded in most of the coins

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