saliva samples
Collected oral fluid
Saliva samples are specimens of saliva collected for testing or analysis.
Medical and genetic testing increasingly uses saliva rather than blood—DNA ancestry kits, drug screenings, and disease diagnostics all rely on saliva samples: The clinic asked for a saliva sample to check hormone levels.
In research contexts, they're valued for being non-invasive and easy to collect.
- spitExpelled mouth moisture
- droolSaliva spilling out
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- swabAbsorbent cleaning implement
- specimenIndividual for examination
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- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- biospecimensspecimens, cells, tissue, blood, plasma
- ancestry databasesfamily trees, DNA matches, census records, birth records, death records
- DNA AnalysisDNA, DNA profiling, DNA testing, DNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting
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Extracting cerebrospinal fluid diagnostically
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Extracted bodily fluid portions
tissue samples · bone marrow · blood draws · stool samples · hair samples
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