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Meaning of 'specimen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Specimen [ n.]
- A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.

Meaning of 'specimen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . specimen [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
Example in sentence:
  • they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis

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