specimen

n.

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.]

noun

One that is representative of a group or class: case, example, illustration, instance, representative, sample. See substitute.

A small sample or part taken to show the nature of the whole, such as a small quantity of urine for urinalysis, or a small fragment of tissue for microscopic study.

• s. artifacts — changes in tissues or other samples for laboratory examination, caused by the collection, transport, fixing, section cutting, staining or other procedural manipulations.
• forensic s. — specimen collected in the knowledge that there will probably be litigation relating to the case. Requires complete, accurate identification of the specimen and the patient and client, and that a separate reserve specimen be kept for any further testing required by the court. All containers should be sealed so that they cannot be tampered with, and preferably in the presence of witnesses.

IN BRIEF: A bit of tissue or blood that is taken for diagnostic purposes. Also: An example regarded as typical of its class.

The specimen was taken from the doctor's office to the lab for testing.

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Common misspelling(s) of specimen

• speciman

Dansk (Danish)
n. - eksemplar, prøve, prøveeksemplar, urinprøve

Nederlands (Dutch)
specimen, proeve, exemplaar

Français (French)
n. - échantillon, prélèvement, spécimen

Deutsch (German)
n. - Probe, Exemplar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αντιπροσωπευτικό) δείγμα, υπόδειγμα, πρότυπο, (ιατρ.) ούρα για ανάλυση

Italiano (Italian)
campione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exemplar (f), espécime (f), amostra (f), indivíduo (m), modelo

Русский (Russian)
образец, экземпляр, тип, субъект

Español (Spanish)
n. - espécimen, muestra, ejemplar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - prov, specimen, museiföremål, original (om person)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
范例, 样品, 标本

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 範例, 樣品, 標本

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 견본, 표본, 녀석

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 見本, 実例, 標本, 人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نموذج, عينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דוגמה, מדגם, דבר טיפוסי, דבר מגוחך, טיפוס, ברנש‬

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