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nouna bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposestype of:
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nounan example regarded as typical of its classtype of:
Definition that contains specimen
- stage a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- dating use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
- slide a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- medium (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- swab implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- untreated (of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye
- moonstone a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
- formalin a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
- staining (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
- autoradiograph a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed