lab

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noun (1)

Lab

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noun (2)

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

Examples of lab in a Sentence

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Noun
After the swabs are sent to a lab, the lab would relay results to the ordering doctor, who would then update the patient. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 May 2024 About a month after his retirement, Ellison learned the lab had found the profile of an unknown person who shared an extremely high percentage of DNA with the suspect. Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for lab 

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1868, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lab was circa 1868

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“Lab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab. Accessed 20 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

lab

noun

Medical Definition

lab

noun

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