Definition of POC
1
person(s) of color; people of color
Being a POC in Vermont has been lonely for me and the other Vermonters of color I've met. We've lived most our lives as the only ones; the only POC in our classes, the only POC in our extracurricular activities, the only POC (excluding family members) in our neighborhoods.— Kina Thorpe … many of our artists are POCs that felt excluded from Vancouver's electronic music scene, so we carved our own space.— Nancy Lee
… donate proceeds to the many POC doing revolutionary work at various levels of the industry.— RJ Joseph
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point-of-care; point of care
Point-of-care (POC) testing can provide rapid results for HIV within minutes.— Sean Rourke and Bill Flanagan It is designed to deliver results in 30 minutes at the point of care (POC).— Fred Grie
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