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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation polymerase chain reaction

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  • noun polymerase chain reaction
  • verb To perform a polymerase chain reaction.

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  • Prophylactic Comfort Reading

    ---acronym I coined after reading Erin McKean's "Things I learned while looking up other things, 2023.03.11"

    March 11, 2023