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test tube

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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 ), ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. glass tube closed at one end

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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

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.