"HCA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HCAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HCA (countable and uncountable, plural HCAs)
  1. (countable) Initialism of home care assistant. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: home care assistant
    Sense id: en-HCA-en-noun-z37CBJQW
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of hydroxycitric acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: hydroxycitric acid Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-HCA-en-noun-Z2i8oHjs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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