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31SPÉCIMEN — n. m. Mot emprunté du latin. Modèle, échantillon. Il se dit surtout en parlant d’Ouvrages scientifiques, d’éditions nouvelles, etc. Un spécimen de la nouvelle édition est joint au prospectus. Des spécimens. Par apposition, Un numéro spécimen de… …
32specimen — /spes euh meuhn/, n. 1. a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc. 2. (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine… …
33specimen — A small part, or sample, of any substance or material obtained for testing. [L. fr. specio, to look at] cytologic s. a s. obtainable by a variety of methods from many areas of the body, including the female genital tract, respiratory …
34specimen — n. a blood; sputum; stool; urine specimen * * * [ spesɪmən] sputum stool urine specimen a blood …
35specimen — s (specimen, specimen el. specimina) exemplar, äv. vetenskaplig skrift som åberopas för kompetens …
36specimen — {{hw}}{{specimen}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. (pl. lat. specimina , pl. ingl. specimens ) 1 Saggio, campione. 2 Pagina o fascicoletto di saggio di un opera, distribuito a fini pubblicitari. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., dal lat. specimen ‘saggio, prova’,… …
37specimen — a sample of urine Medical jargon, sometimes confusing to patients: He should show his specimen privately to his family doctor. (T. Harris, 1988, referring to urine and not to some physical attribute) …
38specimen — [ spɛsɪmɪn] noun 1》 an individual animal, plant, object, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display. ↘an example of something regarded as typical of its class or group: [as modifier] a specimen signature.… …
39specimen — noun a specimen of his handwriting Syn: sample, example, instance, illustration, demonstration, exemplification; bit, snippet; model, prototype, pattern, dummy, pilot, trial, taster, tester …
40specimen — Specific plant strategically placed so people can gain the greatest enjoyment for the color, texture, or other pleasures it provides. See also herbarium specimen …
