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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation polymerase chain reaction
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- noun
polymerase chain reaction - verb To perform a
polymerase chain reaction .
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Examples
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PCR is now being used, for example, to discover HIV infections.
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Bacteria from a Yellowstone geyser are the source of enzymes that power a biochemical reaction called PCR, a workhorse of the genome revolution.
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And it goes through a process called PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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They're called PCR testing, and that's more of the gold standard.
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JAMES HERMAN, DOCTOR, JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL CENTER: In this room we have what are called PCR machines.
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For example, the more of a gold standard is a DNA base test, something called a PCR test.
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What if, after stopping Rebetron, you have a relapse—that is, your PCR level becomes positive again?
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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When it is so old that no one wants it any longer, we send it to "PCR" - PC Recycling.
Site Home John Guin 2011
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The testing used a lab procedure called PCR that detects genetic material - in this case, the male Y chromosome.
FOXNews.com 2011
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The testing used a lab procedure called PCR that detects genetic material - in this case, the male Y chromosome.
FOXNews.com 2011
vendingmachine commented on the word PCR
Prophylactic Comfort Reading
---acronym I coined after reading Erin McKean's "Things I learned while looking up other things, 2023.03.11"
March 11, 2023