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Noun: specimen  spe-su-min
  1. An example regarded as typical of its class
     
  2. A bit of tissue, blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
    "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"

Derived forms: specimens

Type of: example, exemplum, illustration, instance, representative, sample

Encyclopedia: Specimen

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