MDP may refer to:

Medicine and psychology

MDP syndrome MDP syndrome, also known as mandibular dysplasia with deafness and Progeroid syndromes, progeroid features, is an extremely rare metabolic disorder that prevents fatty tissue from being stored underneath the skin. It is only known to affect a very ...

, 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 ( ^99mTc-MDP) *

Muramyl dipeptide Muramyl dipeptide is a component of bacterial peptidoglycan, a recognition structure or activator for nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 2 (NOD2) protein. It is a constituent of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria composed of N-a ...

, a component of bacterial cell walls with inflammatory properties * 10-Methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate, an adhesive monomer for dental adhesive materials *A brand name for the medication medronic acid *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 diffe ...

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, a Malaysian political party *

Maldivian Democratic Party The Maldivian Democratic Party (, ''Dhivehi Rayyithunge Demokretik Paati''; MDP) is the first political party formed in the Republic of Maldives. The party is supportive of the promotion of human rights and democracy in the Maldives. It won ...

, 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 of ...

, 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. Curtis Hertel Jr. is the party's current chair. Structure Residents of the state of Michigan at least 16 years of age are ...

, 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#United Kingdom, special police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence. The MDP's primary responsibilities are ...

, a British civilian police force * Modernising Defence Programme, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence's strategic initiative in 2018 *

Montana Democratic Party Montana Democratic Party (MDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Montana and one of the two major political parties in the state. The party as of 2024 is chaired by Robyn Driscoll. The National Committeeman is Jorge ...

, an American political party *

Movement for Democracy and Progress (Comoros) The Movement for Democracy and Progress (, MDP), also known as the People's Democratic Movement (''Mouvement Démocratique Populaire'') was a political party in the Comoros. History Based in Moroni, the party campaigned for the constitution appr ...

, 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 on 6 May 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the Uri Party or the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2 ...

, 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, Joh ...

(), the ruling communist party in Hungary between 1949 and 1956 *

Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation was an American media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, that owned newspapers, magazines, television stations, and websites. Its publications had a readership of more than 120 million and paid circulation of more than ...

(NYSE: MDP), an American media conglomerate *

Nationalist Democracy Party Nationalist Democracy Party (, MDP) was a 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 Security Council or () regardless of thei ...

(), a Turkish political party *

Portuguese Democratic Movement The Portuguese Democratic Movement/Democratic Electoral Commission ( Portuguese: ''Movimento Democrático Português / Comissão Democrática Eleitoral'', MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposit ...

() *

Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement Article One (, Art.1), officially Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement (''Articolo 1 – Movimento Democratico e Progressista'', Art.1–MDP), was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Art.1 was formed in February 2017 b ...

(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 the Minimum Viable Product) * Markov decision process, a probabilistic model that is widely used in artificial intelligence *

Mask data preparation A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment, and often employed for rituals and rites. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes, as ...

, 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 version of the DisplayPort audio-visual digital interface. It was announced by Apple, Inc., Apple in October 2008, and by early 2013 all new Apple Macintosh computers had Mini DisplayPort, ...

, a digital display interface

Other uses

* Management Development Programme, a middle-management form of MBA * Mbala language (ISO 639 code: mdp), a Bantu language * Medibang Paint, abbreviation and filetype (.mdp) of a graphics editor. {{Disambig