sample collection
Taking representative specimens
Sample collection is the process of gathering specimens—blood, soil, water, tissue, or other materials—for analysis or testing.
The term appears frequently in medical, scientific, and environmental contexts where proper technique matters: The nurse explained the sample collection procedure before drawing blood.
It also refers to the assembled group of specimens themselves: Our sample collection includes artifacts from three archaeological sites.
- swabbingCleaning by wiping
- cotton swabFuzzy-ended applicator stick
- test tubesNarrow laboratory glassware
- specimen jarContainer for biological samples
- contamination riskLikelihood of harmful introduction
pipetting · lab coat · coring · scraping · biopsy · saliva test · urine cup · scooping · petri dishes · sieving · environmental monitoring · syringes · forensic investigation · storage conditions · dipping · drilling · blood draw · needle stick
- scientific researchresearch, experiment, study, lab experiments, field studies
- geologic surveysfield survey, aerial survey, land survey, fieldwork, field work
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- samplingrandom sample, random sampling, representative sample, subsampling, resampling