"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. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: peripherally inserted central catheter

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