PCR
noun
uk/ˌpiː.siːˈɑːr/us/ˌpiː.siːˈɑːr/[U]medical,biology,chemistryspecialized
abbreviationforpolymerasechainreaction: aprocessin which aparticularpieceofDNAiscopiedmanytimesin alaboratory(= aplacewherescientifictestsare done)so that theDNAcan beexaminedindetail:
PCR can be used todetectHSV in thespinalfluid.
We've been using PCR foridentificationofdecomposedbodiessince 1986.
[C]
atestin which asampleistestedin alaboratory(= aplacewherescientifictestsare done)bycopyingaparticularpieceofDNAmanytimesso that theDNAcan beexaminedindetail. PCR is an abbreviation for polymerasechainreaction:
My PCRshowedI waspositivefor Covid-19.
Ithinkyou should do a PCR.
Synonym
PCR test
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- PCRtestingwas done on thejointfluid.
- Twenty-fourembryoswereanalysedby PCR.
- Brain andlivertissueextractsare used aspositivePCRcontrols.
- The second and third PCR gave the sameresults.
- Occasionally, PCRs will givefalseresults.
Scientific techniques
- anatomize
- anti-vivisection
- biohacker
- biohacking
- blind
- blind test
- carbon capture
- clone
- collar
- dissect
- double-blind
- gene amplification
- model
- non-technical
- polymerase chain reaction
- recentrifuge
- resample
- thermal imaging
- transgenic
- visualize
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