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LAB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Synonyms:
lab; laboratory; research lab; research laboratory; science lab; science laboratory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lab" is a kind of...):
work; workplace (a place where work is done)
Meronyms (parts of "lab"):
lab bench; laboratory bench (a workbench in a laboratory)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lab"):
bio lab; biology lab; biology laboratory (a laboratory for biological research)
chem lab; chemistry lab; chemistry laboratory (a laboratory for research in chemistry)
defense laboratory (a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense)
physics lab; physics laboratory (a laboratory for research in physics)
Context examples:
In the lab it can target to the blood vessels of solid tumors and initiate an immune response that results in the destruction of the blood vessel and death of the tumor.
(FVII Icon, NCI Thesaurus)
Your health care provider may do a physical exam, lab tests, and x-rays.
(Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Lab tests on your blood and cerebrospinal fluid can tell if you have it.
(Meningococcal Infections, NIH)
DREADDs are protein receptors altered in a lab so that only a specific synthetic chemical can bind and activate them.
(Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice, NIH)
Lab tests can confirm that you have Addison disease.
(Addison Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
To measure the peptides' toxicity, the researchers exposed them to human embryonic kidney cells grown in a lab dish.
(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If your doctor suspects that you have it, you'll start treatment before the lab tests come back.
(Diphtheria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
This research has tracked and measured the visual behavior of people going about their everyday tasks, providing more natural responses than if they were in a lab.
(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
During lab tests, the device was able to detect the presence of the HRP2 even when the parasite had produced it in low quantities.
(Biosensor promises early malaria diagnosis, SciDev.Net)
EXAMPLE(S): A performing lab may have completed the observation or lab test using conventional units, but the sponsor may wish to have the test reported in SI units.
(Performed Clinical Result As Collected Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
