specimen — /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… … Universalium
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specimen — 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 … Medical dictionary
biopsy specimen — Tissue removed from the body and examined under a microscope to determine whether disease is present … English dictionary of cancer terms
Automated Tissue Image Systems — (ATIS) are computer controlled automatic test equipment (ATE) systems classified as medical device and used as pathology laboratory tools (tissue based cancer diagnostics) to characterize a stained tissue sample embedded on a bar coded glass… … Wikipedia
Laboratory specimen — Medical: A laboratory specimen is a sample of a medical patient s tissue, fluid, or other material derived from the patient used for laboratory analysis to assist differential diagnosis or staging of a disease process. Common examples include… … Wikipedia
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artifact — 1. Anything, especially in a histologic specimen or a graphic record, that is caused by the technique used and not reflecting the original specimen or experiment. 2. A skin lesion produced or perpetuated by self inflicted action, as in dermatitis … Medical dictionary
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