[General] To get my nuclear acid result

I was waiting in line in front of a local hospital entrace for my result of the swab. I took a swab for the nuclear acid to see if I got COVID virus.

A friend saw me and wondered why I stood there and I said to her "To get my nuclear acid result".

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I wouldn't have had any idea what you were talking about. We just call them COVID tests.

I'm here to get my COVID test result.

There's no such thing as nuclear acid. Are you thinking of nucleic acid? In any case, that's neither the formal nor the common name of a medical test. The covid-19 test taken with a nasal swab is semi-formally called the PCR test, where PCR stands for polymerase chain-reaction. That's a technique used for many purposes, but it's become widely known as the reliable test for infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2.

Are you thinking of nucleic acid?

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Yes and yes. I read this term somewhere and I thought it might work.

Silverobama said:

Yes and yes. I read this term somewhere and I thought it might work.

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Now you know!

Nucleic acid?

Tdol said:

Nucleic acid?

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Seeing as that link says that nucleic acid is essential to all life, I sincerely hope your nucleic acid test would come back positive! I hope the opposite is true of your COVID test.