To get my nuclear acid result

[Silverobama]

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".

Is my italic sentence natural?

[emsr2d2]

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.

[GoesStation]

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.

[Silverobama]

Are you thinking of nucleic acid?

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

[Charlie Bernstein]

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

Now you know!

[Tdol]

Nucleic acid?

[emsr2d2]

Nucleic acid?

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.