"nucleic acid test" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nucleic acid tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nucleic acid test (plural nucleic acid tests)
  1. (medicine) A technique used to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence, usually to identify a particular organism, often a virus or bacteria. Wikipedia link: nucleic acid test Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (technique): 核酸檢測 (Chinese Mandarin), 核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè) (Chinese Mandarin), nukleiinihappotesti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-nucleic_acid_test-en-noun-4WNZd-it Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, sciences

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