English noun: specimen | |||
| 1. | specimen (cognition) an example regarded as typical of its class | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | example, illustration, instance, representative | ||
| 2. | specimen (body) a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes | ||
| Samples | They collected a urine specimen for urinalysis. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sample | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cytologic specimen | ||