PCA

ˌpiː siː ˈeɪ

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Definition of PCA - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: patient-controlled analgesia

TECH.

machine that helps people control their pain

TECH.

The PCA allows patients to manage their pain after surgery.

analgesia

pain relief

acr: principal components analysis

TECH.

technique to reduce data dimensions

TECH.

PCA helped simplify the dataset for analysis.

factor analysis

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Examples of PCA in a sentence

Doctors recommended PCA for better pain control.
Researchers used PCA to visualize the data.
PCA reduced the complexity of the variables.

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French:ACP, ...
German:Patientenkontrollierte Analgesie, HKA, ...
Italian:PCA, ACP, ...
Spanish:analgesia controlada por el paciente, ACP, ...
Portuguese:PCA, ACP, ...
Chinese:患者自控镇痛, 主成分分析, ...
Japanese:患者自己管理鎮痛法, 主成分分析, ...
Arabic:جهاز التحكم الذاتي في تسكين الألم, تَحْليل المُكَوِّنات الرَئيسِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:אַנַלְגֶּזְיָה בִּשְׁלִיטָה עַצְמִית, נִיתּוּחַ רְכִיבִים עִיקָּרִיִּים, ...
Russian:КПА, МГК, ...
Ukrainian:аналгезія, контрольована пацієнтом, ГКК, ...
Hindi:रोगी-नियंत्रित एनाल्जेसिया, पीसीए, ...
Bengali:রোগী-নিয়ন্ত্রিত ব্যথানাশক ব্যবস্থা, পিসিএ, ...
Catalan:analgèsia controlada pel pacient, anàlisi de components principals, ...
Czech:pacientem kontrolovaná analgezie, analýza hlavních komponent, ...
Danish:patientstyret smertelindring, hovedkomponentanalyse, ...
Dutch:Patiëntgecontroleerde analgesie, PCA, ...
Greek:Αναλγησία Ελεγχόμενη από τον Ασθενή, ανάλυση κύριων συνιστωσών, ...
Hungarian:beteg által kontrollált analgézia, főkomponens-analízis, ...
Khmer:ការបំបាត់ការឈឺចាប់ដែលអ្នកជំងឺគ្រប់គ្រងដោយខ្លួនឯង, ការវិភាគសមាសភាគសំខាន់, ...
Korean:PCA, 주성분 분석, ...
Persian:داروی ضد درد کنترل‌شده توسط بیمار, تحلیل مؤلفه‌های اصلی, ...
Polish:analgezja kontrolowana przez pacjenta, analiza głównych składowych, ...
Portuguese (BR):analgesia controlada pelo paciente, ACP, ...
Romanian:PCA, analiza componentelor principale, ...
Swedish:patientstyrd smärtlindring, HKA, ...
Thai:การระงับความเจ็บปวดโดยผู้ป่วยควบคุมเอง, การวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบหลัก, ...
Turkish:Hasta Kontrollü Analjezi, temel bileşenler analizi, ...
Vietnamese:giảm đau do bệnh nhân kiểm soát, phân tích thành phần chính, ...

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