Specimen meaning

What does “specimen” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“specimen” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an example regarded as typical of its class.

specimen

noun

  1. an example regarded as typical of its class

  2. a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes

    “they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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