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specimen
[spes-uh-muhn]
noun
a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
Synonyms: , ,(in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study.
a urine specimen; a tissue specimen.
a particular or peculiar kind of person.
specimen
/ ˈɛɪɪ /
noun
an individual, object, or part regarded as typical of the group or class to which it belongs
( as modifier )
a specimen signature
a specimen page
med a sample of tissue, blood, urine, etc, taken for diagnostic examination or evaluation
the whole or a part of an organism, plant, rock, etc, collected and preserved as an example of its class, species, etc
informala person
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of specimen1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of specimen1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When such a specimen appears ready, it triggers bloom watches and people line up around the block to get a whiff.
Previously of Distington but currently of no fixed abode, he also admitted to failing to provide a specimen and having no insurance or licence.
It contains more than a million specimens collected over the past 175 years.
A sturdy 6-5, he could score and was the sort of splendid physical specimen often selected first in pickup games.
The jewels "cannot be treated as specimens" but as the "sacred body and originally interred offerings to the sacred body" of the Buddha, the post said.
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