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Definitions of specimen
  1. noun
    a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
    "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"
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  2. noun
    an example regarded as typical of its class
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
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