"PICC" meaning in English

See PICC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: PICCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PICC (plural PICCs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of peripherally inserted central catheter. Wikipedia link: Peripherally inserted central catheter Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: peripherally inserted central catheter Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-PICC-en-noun-mIJ4SXva Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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