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MCAS
MCAS (CVCL_3020) is a human ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma cancer cell line established in 1985 from a 60-year-old Japanese woman, carrying KRAS G12D, CDKN2A, PIK3CA, SMAD4, and TP53 mutations and used as a mucinous ovarian carcinoma model.
McBurney's point
McBurney's point is the abdominal surface landmark at the junction of the lateral and middle thirds of the umbilicus-to-right-ASIS line, described by Charles McBurney in 1889 as the site of maximal tenderness in acute appendicitis.
McBusted
McBusted: English pop rock supergroup formed in 2013 by McFly plus Busted's James Bourne and Matt Willis, without Charlie Simpson. Two sold-out UK arena tours (2014, 2015) and a self-titled 2014 album that peaked at UK No. 9.
MCC Bicentenary match
MCC Bicentenary match: five-day MCC v Rest of the World XI festival game at Lord's, 20-25 August 1987, marking MCC's 200th anniversary; drawn, with centuries by Gatting (179), Gooch, Greenidge, and Gavaskar (188).
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) is Robert Altman's anti-western starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie as brothel partners in the mining town Presbyterian Church, filmed in British Columbia with Vilmos Zsigmond's flashed photography and Leonard Cohen songs.
McCaffrey Dorsum
McCaffrey Dorsum, a 420-km-wide ridge (dorsum) on Charon, Pluto's largest moon, centered at 74.28°N, 294.89°E; IAU-approved August 5, 2020 and named for Anne McCaffrey, author of the Dragonriders of Pern series.
McCain family
McCain family: American naval and political dynasty of Scots-Irish origin; admirals John S. McCain Sr. and Jr., the first father-son four-star admirals, and Senator and POW John McCain III.
McCain Foods
McCain Foods Limited, Canadian family-owned frozen food company founded 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick; makes frozen French fries and potato products, $16bn CAD revenue, 160 countries, main rivals Lamb Weston and Simplot.
McCain Institute
The McCain Institute for International Leadership, also called the McCain Institute at ASU, is a nonpartisan policy and leadership institute founded in 2012 with a $9 million gift, based in Washington, D.C., focused on character-driven leadership, democracy, human rights, and anti-trafficking.
McCarthy Building Companies
McCarthy Building Companies is an American general contractor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1864, and one of the nation's largest builders of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects.
McCarthy, Alaska
McCarthy, Alaska: small Wrangell Mountains community founded 1906 by John Barrett as a railroad and vice town serving the Kennecott copper mines; 2020 population 107, reached by the 59-mile gravel McCarthy Road.
McCarthyism
McCarthyism: American anti-communist political repression of the late 1940s to mid-1950s, named for Senator Joseph McCarthy, marked by loyalty tests, blacklists, the Army-McCarthy hearings, and his 1954 Senate censure.
McCartney (album)
McCartney is the 1970 debut solo album by Paul McCartney, written and performed almost entirely by him at his London home, released a month before the Beatles' Let It Be.
McCartney 3,2,1
McCartney 3,2,1 is a 2021 six-episode Hulu/Disney+ documentary miniseries in which Paul McCartney discusses the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career with producer Rick Rubin, directed by Zachary Heinzerling.
McCartney II
McCartney II (1980) is Paul McCartney's second solo album, recorded alone in 1979 on synths at his Sussex and Scottish farms; it hit No. 1 in the UK and its single 'Coming Up' reached US No. 1.
McCartney III
McCartney III, Paul McCartney's 18th solo studio album, released 18 December 2020 on Capitol Records; third in the self-titled trilogy with McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980), written, performed, and produced entirely by McCartney alone in lockdown at his Hog Hill Mill studio in Sussex.
McCaughey septuplets
The McCaughey septuplets, born 1997, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey, were the first septuplets to survive infancy, conceived via fertility drugs after the parents refused selective reduction.
McCauley (Martian crater)
McCauley is a 90-km-diameter IAU-approved impact crater on Mars at 27.35°S, 83.23°E in quadrangle MC-21, named in 2018 for USGS geologist John "Jack" McCauley (1932–2012); it hosts a well-preserved palaeolake delta.
McChicken
McChicken: McDonald's crispy chicken sandwich of breaded patty, lettuce and mayo on a bun; US value-menu item at 390 calories, sold worldwide as マックチキン and McChicken Sandwich with regional recipes.
McClean Lake mill
The McClean Lake mill, also called the JEB mill, is a uranium ore processing plant in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, operated by Orano Canada since 1999.
McCloud (TV series)
McCloud is an American police drama television series broadcast on NBC from 1970 to 1977, starring Dennis Weaver as a New Mexico marshal in New York City.
McClung-class landing ship medium
The McClung-class landing ship medium is a planned class of US Navy amphibious ships to move Marine littoral regiments in the Pacific, named for Maj. Megan McClung, killed in Iraq in 2006.
McClure's Magazine
McClure's Magazine was an illustrated American monthly published in New York from 1893 to 1929, the leading venue of the muckraking era with exposés by Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens.
McCollough effect
The McCollough effect is an orientation-contingent color aftereffect, discovered by Celeste McCollough in 1965, in which achromatic gratings appear tinted with the complementary hue of the color paired with that orientation during adaptation; it is unusually long-lasting and shows little interocular transfer.
McCollum High School
McCollum High School (San Antonio, Texas) is a Title I Harlandale ISD high school, home of the Cowboys and the Frontier Bowl football rivalry with Harlandale, begun in 1964.
McCollum v. Board of Education
1948 U.S. Supreme Court case, Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District No. 71, Champaign County, striking down 8 to 1 on-campus released time religious instruction as a First Amendment establishment of religion.
McComb, Mississippi
McComb, Mississippi: Pike County city founded 1872 by railroad president Henry S. McComb; Illinois Central shops town, Freedom Summer bombing target, population 12,413 (2020), birthplace of Bo Diddley and Britney Spears.
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in Wichita, Kansas, and the host base of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, flying KC-135 and KC-46A tankers.
McCormick & Company
McCormick & Company is an American spice and flavor company founded in 1889. It is the global brand leader in spices and seasonings, operating in 150 countries.
McCormick reaper
The McCormick reaper is a horse-drawn machine for harvesting small grain, demonstrated by Cyrus McCormick in Virginia in 1831 and patented in 1834, becoming a foundation of nineteenth-century agricultural mechanization.