Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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specimen | Yes | No | No | No |
sample | Yes | No | Yes | No |
specimen (noun) | sample (noun) |
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a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes | a small part of something intended as representative of the whole |
an example regarded as typical of its class | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class |
specimen (verb) | sample (verb) |
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take a sample of |