swabs
Ear canal cleaners
Swabs are small sticks with absorbent tips—cotton or foam—used for cleaning, applying substances, or collecting samples.
Medical swabs collect specimens for testing: The nurse swabbed my throat for strep.
Cotton swabs clean ears, apply makeup, or reach tight spaces.
As a verb, to swab is to clean or apply with such an implement, or more broadly, to mop: swabbing the deck.
Individual for examination
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- cultureCollective social practices
- nasopharyngealRelating to nose-throat junction
- testEvaluative examination
collection · sample · diagnosis · PCR · throat · nasal · COVID · rapid
Free from microorganisms
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- absorbentAble to soak up
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
wound · dressing · hemostatic · pack · irrigate · debride · incision · operating
specimen
Individual for examination
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- cultureCollective social practices
- nasopharyngealRelating to nose-throat junction
test · collection · sample · diagnosis · PCR · throat · nasal · COVID · rapid · antigen
sterile
Free from microorganisms
forceps · wound · dressing · hemostatic · pack · irrigate · debride · incision · operating · prep
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- applicatorTool for applying substances
- tipEnd or gratuity
- wipeRub to clean
disinfect · sanitize · polish · cloth · alcohol · antiseptic · iodine · prep · surface · ear
deck
Ship's flat surface
deckhand · shipmate · seafarer · crew · nautical · vessel · scrub · rigging · bosun · maritime
- forensic equipmentevidence bags, fingerprint kit, fingerprint powder, luminol, black light
- lab suppliesbeakers, beaker, test tubes, test tube, pipettes
- biohazard wastemedical waste, sharps containers, hazardous waste, biohazard, needles
- clinicexam table, examination table, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, otoscope
- hygiene suppliessoap, hand soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
swabsbandages
Strips covering wounds
dressings · gauze pads · tourniquets · splints · casts
- cotton swabsFluffy-ended applicator sticks
- throat swabSample from your airway
- nasal swabSampling tool for nostrils
- alcohol swabSaturated antiseptic wipe
- swab testSample taken by rubbing
- cheek swabOral tissue collection method