specimen
Representative individual examined
A specimen is a sample or example taken for examination or study: a blood specimen, a urine specimen, a museum specimen.
Scientists collect specimens to analyze, classify, or display.
The word extends to any individual regarded as representative of a type: a fine specimen of Victorian architecture.
Informally, calling someone a specimen often carries ironic or unflattering undertones: What a specimen he turned out to be.
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- swabAbsorbent cleaning implement
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- urineRenal excretion fluid
- tissueDisposable soft paper
cell · culture · serum · plasma · DNA · saliva · sputum · stool
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- cytologyStudy of cells
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
diagnosis · microbiology · staining · slide · dissection · examination · morphology · culturing
Typical perfect instance
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
representative · instance · illustration · embodiment · paragon · quintessence · typical · prime
Public exhibit space
- displayPresentation for viewing
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
skeleton · taxidermy · artifact · collection · curator · label · case · glass
Animal life collectively
- floraPlants of a region
- animalMulticellular motile organism
- plantBotanical organism
- microbeMicroscopic living organism
bacteria · fungus · insect · butterfly · beetle · pinned · preserved · voucher
Routine health evaluation
- urinalysisLaboratory examination of urine
- bloodworkMedical fluid analysis
- labResearch facility, shortened
- testEvaluative examination
screening · diagnostic · clinical · patient · results · requisition · phlebotomy · pathologist
biopsy
Tissue sample for diagnosis
tissue · cell · culture · serum · plasma · DNA · saliva · sputum · stool · smear
microscope
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- cytologyStudy of cells
pathology · diagnosis · microbiology · staining · slide · dissection · examination · morphology · culturing · sequencing
exemplar
Typical perfect instance
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
model · representative · instance · illustration · embodiment · paragon · quintessence · typical · prime · finest
museum
Public exhibit space
fossil · skeleton · taxidermy · artifact · collection · curator · label · case · glass · mounted
fauna
Animal life collectively
microbe · bacteria · fungus · insect · butterfly · beetle · pinned · preserved · voucher · type
checkup
Routine health evaluation
- urinalysisLaboratory examination of urine
- bloodworkMedical fluid analysis
- labResearch facility, shortened
test · screening · diagnostic · clinical · patient · results · requisition · phlebotomy · pathologist · report
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- lab suppliesbeakers, beaker, test tubes, test tube, pipettes
- specimensfossil, mineral, crystal, geode, skeleton
- electron microscopyelectron microscope, SEM, scanning electron microscope, STEM, electron gun
- Material Testingcompression test, load test, stress test, tensile strength, scratch test
specimenwhole
Full and undivided
population · entirety · totality · collection · aggregate
specimencounterexample
Instance disproving a claim
exception · anomaly · outlier · aberration · deviation
- perfect specimen
- unique specimenSingle irreplaceable instance
- rare specimens
- dried specimens
- specimen jarContainer for biological samples
- type specimensOrganisms defining species names