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spec⋅i⋅men

  [spes-uh-muhn]
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–noun
1. a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
2. (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen.
3. a particular or peculiar kind of person.
Origin:
1600–10; < L: mark, example, indication, sign, equiv. to speci-, s. of specere to look, regard + -men n. suffix denoting result or means

Synonyms:
1. type, model, pattern. See example.
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spec·i·men   (spěs'ə-mən)   
n.  

  1. An individual, item, or part representative of a class, genus, or whole. See Synonyms at example.

  2. A sample, as of tissue, blood, or urine, used for analysis and diagnosis.

  3. Informal An individual; a person: a disagreeable specimen.


[Latin, example, from specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

specimen 
1619, "pattern, model," from L. specimen "indication, mark, example, sign, evidence," from specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). Meaning "single thing regarded as typical of its kind" first recorded 1654.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: spec·i·men
Pronunciation: 'spes-(&-)m&n
Function: noun
1 : an individual, item, or part typical of a group, class,or whole
2 : a portion or quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study specimen>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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specimen spec·i·men (spěs'ə-mən)
n.
A sample, as of tissue, blood, or urine, used for analysis and diagnosis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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