MDP may refer to:

Medicine and psychology

* MDP syndrome, a rare genetic disorder * Manic depressive psychosis, also known as bipolar disorder * Mesolimbic dopamine pathway of the brain *

Methylene diphosphonate Medronic acid (conjugate base, medronate), also known as methylene diphosphonate, is the smallest bisphosphonate. Its complex with radioactive technetium, 99mTc medronic acid, is used in nuclear medicine to detect bone abnormalities, including m ...

, a pharmaceutical product used especially in nuclear medicine *

Muramyl dipeptide Muramyl dipeptide is constituent of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria composed of N-acetylmuramic acid linked by its lactic acid moiety to the N-terminus of an L-alanine D- isoglutamine dipeptide. It can be recognized by the immune s ...

, a component of bacterial cell walls with inflammatory properties *

10-Methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate 10-Methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate (10-MDP, MDP Monomer) is a chemical compound used in dental adhesive materials. This organophosphate monomer was developed in 1981 by the Japanese company Kuraray for the preparation of dental adhesion ...

, an adhesive monomer for dental adhesive materials *A brand name for the medication

medronic acid Medronic acid (conjugate base, medronate), also known as methylene diphosphonate, is the smallest bisphosphonate. Its complex with radioactive technetium, 99mTc medronic acid, is used in nuclear medicine to detect bone abnormalities, including m ...

*Monocyte Dendritic-cell Progenitors, a type of

progenitor cell A progenitor cell is a biological cell that can differentiate into a specific cell type. Stem cells and progenitor cells have this ability in common. However, stem cells are less specified than progenitor cells. Progenitor cells can only differ ...

Organizations

Madison Dearborn Partners Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of privately held or publicly traded companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; ba ...

, an American private equity firm *

Malaysian Democratic Party The Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP, ms, Parti Demokratik Malaysia) was a political party in Malaysia formed by Wee Choo Keong in 1998, after he was expelled from Democratic Action Party (DAP) due to his fall-out and failed revolt against then ...

, a Malaysian political party * Maldivian Democratic Party, a Maldivian political party * Maendeleo Democratic Party, a Kenyan political party *

Maryland Department of Planning The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) is a cabinet-level agency in the government of the State of Maryland. The department is part of the Executive branch of the government and reports to the Governor of Maryland. The Maryland Department o ...

, a state agency of Maryland *

Michigan Democratic Party The Michigan Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Lavora Barnes is the party's current chair. She was previously the party's Chief Operating Officer. The party currently con ...

, an American political party * Microbicides Development Programme, a British organization that studies microbicides *

Ministry of Defence Police The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is a civilian special police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The MDP's primary responsibilities are to provide armed security and counter terrorism services to designated hig ...

, a British civilian police force * Montana Democratic Party, an American political party *

Movement for Democracy and Progress (Comoros) The Movement for Democracy and Progress (french: Mouvement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, MDP), also known as the People's Democratic Movement (''Mouvement Démocratique Populaire'') was a political party in the Comoros. History Based in Mo ...

, a politic party in the Comoros * Movement for Democracy and Progress (Republic of the Congo), a political party in the Republic of the Congo *

Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000) The Democratic Party (; DP) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly named Millennium Democratic Party (; MDP), it was renamed in May 6, 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the Uri Party or the successor Democratic Party. H ...

, formerly known as the Millennium Democratic Party *

Hungarian Working People's Party The Hungarian Working People's Party (, abbr. MDP) was the ruling communist party of Hungary from 1948 to 1956. It was formed by a merger of the Hungarian Communist Party (MKP) and the Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP).Neubauer, John, ...

( hu, Magyar Dolgozók Pártja, links=no), the ruling communist party in Hungary between 1949 and 1956 * Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), an American media conglomerate *

Nationalist Democracy Party Nationalist Democracy Party ( tr, Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi, MDP) was a former political party in Turkey. Background About one year after the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military regime, or the so-called National ...

( tr, Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi, links=no), a Turkish political party *

Portuguese Democratic Movement The Portuguese Democratic Movement/Democratic Electoral Commissions (Portuguese: ''Movimento Democrático Português / Comissões Democráticas Eleitorais'', MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic oppo ...

( pt, Movimento Democrático Português, links=no) * Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement (Italian: ''Articolo 1 – Movimento Democratico e Progressista''), an Italian political party

Science and engineering

* Minimum Desirable Product, a product with enough features to be desirable for most customers (a stage that follows MVP) * Markov decision process, a probabilistic model that is widely used in artificial intelligence *

Mask data preparation Mask data preparation (MDP), also known as layout post processing, is the procedure of translating a file containing the intended set of polygons from an integrated circuit layout into set of instructions that a photomask writer can use to genera ...

, a process in electronic design automation * Media Dispatch Protocol, a file transfer protocol *

Membrane dipeptidase Membrane dipeptidase (, ''renal dipeptidase'', ''dehydropeptidase I (DPH I)'', ''dipeptidase'', ''aminodipeptidase'', ''dipeptide hydrolase'', ''dipeptidyl hydrolase'', ''nonspecific dipeptidase'', ''glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored renal di ...

, an enzyme *

Mini DisplayPort The Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP or mDP) is a miniaturized and less common version of the DisplayPort audio-visual digital interface. It was announced by Apple in October 2008, and by early 2013 all new Apple Macintosh computers had Mini DisplayP ...

, a digital display interface

Other uses

* Manic Depressive Psychosis (band), an Armenian metal band * Management Development Programme, a middle-management form of MBA * Mbala language (ISO 639 code: mdp), a Bantu language {{Disambig