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LABORATORY
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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 ("laboratory" is a kind of...):
work; workplace (a place where work is done)
Meronyms (parts of "laboratory"):
lab bench; laboratory bench (a workbench in a laboratory)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laboratory"):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
Example:
Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism
Synonyms:
laboratory; testing ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("laboratory" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Context examples:
It is also made in the laboratory and sold as a supplement.
(Melatonin, NCI Dictionary)
The virus is changed in the laboratory to make a protein called carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), which is a tumor marker.
(ALVAC-CEA vaccine, NCI Dictionary)
Disseminated to Harlan Sprague-Dawley from laboratory of Segaloff (Alton Ochsner Medican Foundation) in 1956.
(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory.
(Activase, NCI Dictionary)
EXAMPLE(S): surgical procedure, laboratory test, administration of a drug.
(Activity, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
We could not—or at least we had not succeeded up to date in making organic life in our laboratories out of inorganic materials.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is a form of interleukin-2, a cytokine made by leukocytes (white blood cells), that is made in the laboratory.
(Aldesleukin, NCI Dictionary)
Monoclonal antibodies are made in the laboratory and can locate and bind to substances in the body, including cancer cells.
(ABX-EGF, NCI Dictionary)
It can also be made in the laboratory.
(Alpha-lipoic acid, NCI Dictionary)
To make the vaccine, the GM-CSF gene is put into breast cancer cells in the laboratory.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Dictionary)
