PCR

• (US) IPA^(key): /pi si ɑɹ/

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PCR (countable and uncountable, plural PCRs)

1. (molecular biology) Initialism of polymerase chain reaction.
2. (medicine) Initialism of protein/creatinine ratio.
3. (aviation) Initialism of pitch control rod.
4. Initialism of primary control rod.
5. Initialism of power control rod.

PCR (third-person singular simple present PCRs, present participle PCRing, simple past and past participle PCRed)

1. To perform a polymerase chain reaction.

• cr*p, CPR, RPC, PRC, P.R.C., RCP, CRP

Borrowed from English PCR

• IPA^(key): [peːt͡seːˈʔɛʁ]

PCR f (genitive PCR, no plural)

1. (molecular biology) synonym of Polymerasekettenreaktion

• PCR-Methode
• PCR-Test

• “PCR” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /peˈt͡ʃe.ɛr/, [peˈt͡ʃe.ɛr]

PCR (plural PCR-PCR)

1. (genetics, molecular biology, organic chemistry) initialism of polymerase chain reaction

• “PCR” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

PCR f

1. (medicine) initialism of proteina C-reattiva; CRP

PCR f (plural PCRs)

1. (medicine) initialism of proteína C reactiva; CRP
2. (molecular biology) synonym of RCP; PCR (polymerase chain reaction)

• “PCR”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024