"POCT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: POCTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} POCT (plural POCTs)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of point-of-care testing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: point-of-care testing Hypernyms: testing
    Sense id: en-POCT-en-noun-en:point_of_care_testing Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (countable) Initialism of point-of-care test. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: point-of-care test Hypernyms: test Coordinate_terms: POCUS
    Sense id: en-POCT-en-noun-en:point_of_care_test
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: point of care, bedside, chairside
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