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minimal anaesthetic concentration (medicine)


minimal anaesthetic concentration -->
minimal alveolar concentration


The end-alveolar concentration of an inhalation anaesthetic which prevents somatic response to a painful stimulus in 50% of individuals; an index of relative potency of inhalation anaesthetics.

Synonym: minimal anaesthetic concentration.