specimen's

Laboratory sample's characteristic

Specimen's is the possessive form of specimen—a sample or example of something, especially one selected for examination or study.

A specimen's characteristics or condition would be its particular qualities: The specimen's coloration suggested it came from a different region.

In informal use, specimen can describe a person, so a fine specimen's physique refers to someone's impressive body.

scientific

sample's

Of a representative piece

culture's · tissue's · cell's · microbe's · bacteria's · virus's · parasite's · clone's

collection

artifact's

Of a historical object

beetle's · shell's · skeleton's · label's · collector's · curiosity's

representative

example's

Belonging to an instance

type's · sample's

medical

sample's

Of a representative piece

lab's · test's · collection's · container's · cup's · patient's · donor's

Opposites
part vs. whole

specimen'scollection's

Belonging to gathered items

population's · set's · group's · body's

selected vs. general

specimen'stype's

Of a category

class's · kind's

representative sample vs. general population

specimen'spopulation's

Of a group's members

group's · species · class's · cohort's · herd's

Phrases
Family

specimen, specimens

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