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test tube
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Wikipedia
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A test tube , also known as a culture tube or sample tube , is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom. A large test tube specifically ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[^e]t, from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta, and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. Thirst , and Terrace ), ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 produced in a test tube 2 conceived or developed in vitro by artificial insemination alt. (context chemistry English) a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other; used for small-scale laboratory tests n. (context chemistry English) a glass ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. glass tube closed at one end
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Humans are inside the test tube to prevent the experiment from crashing, to divert the trials from overt crisis. ▪ In test tube and animal studies ABT-738 is the most potent anti-HIV drug to date. ▪ In an invasive procedure, ...
Usage examples of test tube.
An inertial-confinement fusion reactor was, in effect, a supernova in a test tube.
He dropped the dust into a plastic test tube that contained a few drops of salt water and a disinfectant.
Harley Staggers was suddenly grabbed by two Pinkerton men in a hallway of the US Capitol and dragged-- in full view of tourists, newsmen and several dozen of his shocked and frightened colleagues -- into a nearby corner and forced to piss in a test tube?
If a small quantity of its blood were drawn off, allowed to separate in a test tube, and to the clear serum, a bit of human blood were added, there would be a visible reaction, proving the blood was human.
The White Smocks gave each of them a test tube and said they wanted a sperm count.
Then I locked the test tube in a special compartment in the safe in my office.