meaning of specimen
1. A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a mans handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of ones art.
2. a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for
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