"biospecimen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: biospecimens [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English specimen English biospecimen From bio- + specimen. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bio-|specimen|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English specimen English biospecimen [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "live", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷeyh₃-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βῐ́ος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βῐο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bio-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "specimen", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "biospecimen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="biospecimen"> From bio- + specimen. Head templates: {{en-noun}} biospecimen (plural biospecimens)
  1. A specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research

Inflected forms

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