"PVC" meaning in All languages combined

See PVC on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: PVCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PVC (countable and uncountable, plural PVCs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyvinyl chloride. Wikidata QID: Q146368 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: polyvinyl chloride Hypernyms: polymer, plastic
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-en:Q146368 Categories (other): Organic compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 3 7 20 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 62 11 11 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 3 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 3 3 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 3 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 8 8 11 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of premature ventricular contraction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: premature ventricular contraction
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-P~pHz-JX Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine) Initialism of peripheral venous catheter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: peripheral venous catheter Translations ((medicine) peripheral venous catheter): wenflon [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-LlMr-ge4 Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine) peripheral venous catheter': 7 8 78 8
  4. (networking) Initialism of permanent virtual circuit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: permanent virtual circuit
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-u6iVaZyV Categories (other): Networking Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ABS [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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