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Biorepository vs Biospecimen - What's the difference?

biorepository | biospecimen |

As nouns the difference between biorepository and biospecimen

is that biorepository is (biology) a long-term storage and conservation facility for biological specimens while biospecimen is a specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, dna, rna, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research.

biorepository

English

Noun

(biorepositories)
  • (biology) a long-term storage and conservation facility for biological specimens

    • biospecimen

    English

    Noun

    (en 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