specimen applies to any example or sample whether representative or merely existent and available.

A specimen is a small quantity of someone's urine, blood, or other body fluid which is examined in a medical laboratory, in order to find out if they are ill or if they have been drinking alcohol or …

SPECIMEN meaning: 1. something shown or examined as an example; a typical example: 2. a small amount of blood or…. Learn more.

something used as a sample (of a group or kind of something, especially an object to be studied or to be put in a collection).

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A specimen is a sample of something, like a specimen of blood or body tissue that is taken for medical testing. The noun specimen comes from the Latin word specere, meaning “to look.” …

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Medicine, Laboratory (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen. a particular or peculiar kind of …

SPECIMEN meaning: 1 : something (such as an animal or plant) collected as an example of a particular kind of thing; 2 : a small amount or piece of something that can be tested or examined

Nov 12, 2025 · From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).