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Specimen vs Biospecimen - What's the difference?

specimen | biospecimen |

As nouns the difference between specimen and biospecimen

is that specimen is specimen 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.

specimen

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species

    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