pic
noun
[ pɪk ]
• a photograph or cinema film.
• "a hard-hitting action pic"
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation of picture.
PICC
noun
• a type of long catheter that is inserted through a peripheral vein, often in the arm, into a larger vein in the body, used when intravenous treatment is required over a long period.
• "PICCs were suited to the patients who required months of intensive chemotherapy"
Origin:
1990s: abbreviation of peripherally inserted (central) catheter .
