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

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

SPECIMEN definition: a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc. See examples of specimen used in a sentence.

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 taking drugs.

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).

There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word specimen, four of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation …

6 days ago · From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).

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 person.

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.” Biologists collect …

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