test tubes

Chemistry glass containers

Test tubes are narrow cylindrical glass containers, closed at one end, used in laboratories for holding small quantities of liquids during experiments.

They're standard equipment in chemistry and biology labs, often held in racks or over flames.

She lined up the test tubes on the bench.

A test-tube baby is one conceived through in vitro fertilization—the term referencing the laboratory setting where egg and sperm are combined outside the body.

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