# minimum alveolar concentration

> concentration of vapor in the lungs needed to prevent motor response in 50% of subjects in response to surgical stimulus; used to compare the potency of anesthetic vapors

**Wikidata**: [Q1936963](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936963)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_alveolar_concentration)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)