What does the medical term DCT mean?
In some cases, there may be multiplied meanings of the DCT abbreviation. Below is the meaning that the abbreviation DCT stands for.
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What does DCT medical abbreviation stand for?
In the science & medicine, the meaning of the medical abbreviation DCT is distal convoluted tubule.
DCT: distal convoluted tubule
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