"PVC" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: PVCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PVC (countable and uncountable, plural PVCs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyvinyl chloride. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: polyvinyl chloride Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-qJ-zxRBe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 13 19 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 22 16 16 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 Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-P~pHz-JX Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine) Initialism of peripheral venous catheter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: peripheral venous catheter Categories (topical): Medicine Translations ((medicine) peripheral venous catheter): wenflon [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-LlMr-ge4 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine) peripheral venous catheter': 22 7 62 9
  4. (networking) Initialism of permanent virtual circuit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: permanent virtual circuit Categories (topical): Networking
    Sense id: en-PVC-en-noun-u6iVaZyV 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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