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lab⋅o⋅ra⋅to⋅ry

  [lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-; Brit. luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] noun, plural -ries, adjective
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–noun
1. a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
2. any place, situation, set of conditions, or the like, conducive to experimentation, investigation, observation, etc.; anything suggestive of a scientific laboratory.
–adjective
3. serving a function in a laboratory.
4. relating to techniques of work in a laboratory: laboratory methods; laboratory research.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML labōrātōrium workshop, equiv. to L labōrā(re) to labor + -tōrium -tory 2

Related forms:
lab⋅o⋅ra⋅to⋅ri⋅al, adjective
lab⋅o⋅ra⋅to⋅ri⋅al⋅ly, adverb
lab⋅o⋅ra⋅to⋅ri⋅an, noun
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lab·o·ra·to·ry   (lāb'rə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
n.   pl. lab·o·ra·to·ries

    1. A room or building equipped for scientific experimentation or research.

    2. An academic period devoted to work or study in such a place.

  2. A place where drugs and chemicals are manufactured.

  3. A place for practice, observation, or testing.


[Medieval Latin labōrātōrium, from Latin labōrāre, to labor, from labor, labor.]
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Word Origin & History

laboratory 
1605, "building set apart for scientific experiments," from M.L. laboratorium "a place for labor or work," from L. laboratus, pp. of laborare "to work" (see labor). Shortened form lab first attested 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lab·o·ra·to·ry
Pronunciation: 'lab-(&-)r&-"tOr-E, -"tor-, Brit usu l&-'bär-&-t(&-)rE
Function:noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
often attributive : a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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laboratory lab·o·ra·to·ry (lāb'rə-tôr'ē)
n.

  1. A room or building equipped for scientific research.

  2. A place where drugs and chemicals are manufactured.

  3. A place for practice, observation, or testing.

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