"DIC" meaning in English

See DIC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: DICs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DIC (countable and uncountable, plural DICs)
  1. (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: disseminated intravascular coagulation
    Sense id: en-DIC-en-noun-OK~A25Wx Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (automotive, countable) Initialism of driver information centre/center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: driver information centre/center
    Sense id: en-DIC-en-noun-6he-TDuV Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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