Look up: Specimen

1. specimen
   [n] - an example regarded as typical of its class 2. [n] - a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
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2. specimen
   Specifically selected portion of any substance, material, organism (specifically tissue, blood, urine or faeces) or environmental medium assumed to be representative of the parent substance etc. at the time it is taken for the purpose of diagnosis, identification, study or demonstration.
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3. specimen
   l. the specimen is the material taken from a product in order to make one or several test pieces. The specimen can be constituted by the product itself 2. Test sample: that portion of the material selected from the bulk for testing Category: Standards, measures and testing • Specimen den...
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4. Specimen
   Spec'i·men noun [ Latin , from specere to look, to behold. See Spy .] A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a
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5. specimen
   <microscopy> A piece or portion of a sample selected for examination. The specimen may, or may not be representative, whereas the sample may have been selected to be representative. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...
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6. specimen
   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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7. specimen
   noun an example regarded as typical of its class
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8. specimen
   (spes´ĭ-mәn) a small sample or part taken to show the nature of the whole, such as a small quantity of urine for urinalysis or a small fragment of tissue for microscopic study. clean-catch specimen , clean-voided specimen a urine specimen obtained after the ext...
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9. Specimen
   • (n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man`s handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one`s art.
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10. specimen
    a term used to refer to a mineral or rock sample, a piece one is studying or using as an example
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11. specimen
    
    • an example regarded as typical of its class
    • a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
    
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12. specimen
    Type: Term Pronunciation: spes′ĭ-mĕn Definitions: 1. A small part, or sample, of any substance or material obtained for testing.
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13. specimen
    an individual taken as an example of a class, especially when used for scientific examination. See also holotype.
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14. Specimen
    A `specimen` is a portion or quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study. ;Biology A laboratory specimen is an individual animal, part of an animal, a plant, part of a plant, or a microorganism, used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that speci...
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15. Specimen
    (band) `Specimen` are a British band formed in the 1980s. Their music has been described as spanning many different genres of music, including glam, goth, punk and post-punk, and the band is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the Gothic movement, both musically and stylistically. Biogr...
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