[ US /ˈspɛsəmən/ ]
[ UK /spˈɛsɪmən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an example regarded as typical of its class
  2. 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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How To Use specimen In A Sentence

  • These astragali have four clearly defined surfaces and were probably the antecedents of the ordinary six-faced cube or die, specimens of which are datable as far back as 3000 B.C.
  • Some fine Specimens of lava from a partially active Volcano in the province of [gap word illegible], in the extreme north of Japan. Letter to Dr. Thomas from Young John AllenNov 19 1866
  • Among these are the best specimen of the dome-skulled chalicothere Tylocephalonyx skinneri, and type specimens of several other mammals, including rodents, oreodonts and carnivores.
  • Specimens are rarely found in one unbroken piece, and the process of reconstituting them is akin to completing a jigsaw puzzle.
  • Hematopathology – Providing complete evaluations of lymphoid and hematologic specimens. Anatomic Pathology
  • In this case the experiment involves using a hydraulic press to crush specimen cubes of the concrete, and measuring the pressure at which the cube breaks.
  • A herbarium is a collection of dried, generally mounted, plant specimens used for a number of purposes, including documenting the taxonomy of a species or like a library that contains a collection of books for reading or useful materials for common use. YubaNet.com
  • The appropriate specimens to submit for testing include food (in the original container if it is available) or environmental specimens, stool, serum, gastric contents, or vomitus.
  • To determine the extent of gastric metaplasia, multiple biopsy specimens were collected from standardised sites of the duodenal bulb.
  • All specimens are exuviae, with thin and fragile carapaces and abdomens and fragmentary bodies and appendages.
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