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test tube
1noun
- a hollow cylinder of thin glass with one end closed, used in chemical and biological experimentation and analysis.
test-tube
2[ test-toob, -tyoob ]
adjective
- produced in or as if in a test tube; synthetic or experimental.
test tube
noun
- a cylindrical round-bottomed glass tube open at one end: used in scientific experiments
- modifier made synthetically in, or as if in, a test tube
a test-tube product
test tube
- A cylindrical tube of clear glass, usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used as a container for small amounts of a substance in laboratory tests and experiments.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of test tube1
First recorded in 1840–50
Origin of test tube2
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
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It comprised a brick-coloured concoction bubbling away in a test tube.
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The suspects had concealed the creatures in "specially modified test tubes and syringes" which would have enabled the insects to survive for two months, the KWS said.
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We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.
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The Schilling lab generated detailed proteome-wide solubility maps from both the test tube and mouse experiments.
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Research in biomedical laboratories has been changing significantly in recent years, to the point that test tubes have given way to computers on many occasions.
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