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Urine vs Biospecimen - What's the difference?

urine | biospecimen |

As nouns the difference between urine and biospecimen

is that urine is urine 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.

urine

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (physiology) Liquid excrement consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
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  • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine .}}

    Derived terms

    * urinal * urinary * urinate * urination * urinose * urinous

    Synonyms

    * See

    Anagrams

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    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