clean-catch specimen

spec·i·men (sp

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1. An individual, item, or part representative of a class, genus, or whole. See Synonyms at example.

2. A sample, as of tissue, blood, or urine, used for analysis and diagnosis.

3. Informal An individual; a person: a disagreeable specimen.

[Latin, example, from specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

specimen [ˈspɛsɪmɪn]

a. an individual, object, or part regarded as typical of the group or class to which it belongs

b. (as modifier) a specimen signature a specimen page

2. (Medicine) Med a sample of tissue, blood, urine, etc., taken for diagnostic examination or evaluation

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the whole or a part of an organism, plant, rock, etc., collected and preserved as an example of its class, species, etc.

4. Informal, often derogatory a person

[from Latin: mark, evidence, proof, from specere to look at]

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Noun	1.	specimen - an example regarded as typical of its class example, instance, illustration, representative - an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
	2.	specimen - a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis" cytologic specimen - a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis sample - all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

specimen

noun

1. sample, example, individual, model, type, pattern, instance, representative, exemplar, exemplification a perfect specimen of a dinosaur fossil

2. example, model, exhibit, embodiment, type a fine specimen of manhood

Translations

specimen [ˈspesɪmɪn]

A. N

1. (= sample) [of blood, urine, tissue, rock] → muestra f

2. (= example) [of species, genus, etc] → ejemplar m, espécimen m
that trout is a fine specimen → esa trucha es un magnífico ejemplar

3. (= person) he's an odd specimen → es un bicho raro
you're a pretty poor specimen → no vales para mucho

B. CPD specimen copy N → ejemplar m de muestra
specimen page N → página f que sirve de muestra
specimen signature N → muestra f de firma

specimen [ˈspɛsɪmɪn] n

[plant, animal] → spécimen m

(= example) → spécimen m

(MEDICINE) [blood, urine] → échantillon m
specimen copy n → spécimen m
specimen signature n → spécimen m de signature

specimen

n → Exemplar nt; (of urine, blood etc) → Probe f; (= sample) → Muster nt; a beautiful or fine specimen → ein Prachtexemplar nt; if that’s a specimen of your work → wenn das eine Probe deines Könnens ist; you’re a pretty poor specimen (inf) → du hast ja nicht viel zu bieten (inf)

adj attr → Probe-; specimen page → Probeseite f; a specimen copy → ein Beleg- or Probeexemplar nt; a specimen signature → eine Unterschriftenprobe

specimen [ˈspɛsɪmɪn] n (sample, gen) → campione m; (of rock, species) → esemplare m
he's an odd specimen (fig) → è un tipo strano

specimen

n specimen [ˈspesimin]

something used as a sample (of a group or kind of something, especially an object to be studied or to be put in a collection) We looked at specimens of different types of rock under the microscope. monster نموذَج، عَيِّنَه образец vzorek eksempel; prøve das Exemplar (αντιπροσωπευτικό) δείγμα espécimen, muestra näidis نمونه näyte spécimen דוּגמָה वानगी, निदर्श, नमूना uzorak, primjerak minta(darab) contoh sÿnishorn campione, esemplare 標本 표본 pavyzdys paraugs; eksemplārs spesimen specimen eksemplar, prøve okaz, egzemplarz espécime specimen образец vzorka primerek uzorak prov[] ตัวอย่าง örnek 標本，樣品 зразок, взірець نمونہ mẫu, mẫu vật 标本，样品

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