Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biospecimen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biospec-i-men
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research

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.

Inflected Forms

biospecimens (plural)

Questions

What does biospecimen mean?: A specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research
Where does biospecimen come from?: 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.

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