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| Bunsen burner |
a burner that has holes at the bottom where air enters, mixes with gas, and makes a hot blue flame. Bunsen burners are used in laboratory experiments. |
| clinical |
of or related to direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theory or laboratory research. [1/3 definitions] |
| clinician |
a doctor who studies or practices medicine by direct observation and treatment, as opposed to theory or laboratory research. |
| dognap |
to abduct a dog, esp. in order to sell it for laboratory use. |
| Erlenmeyer flask |
a conical laboratory flask with a broad, flat base and a short, narrow neck, used to mix liquids by hand. |
| fieldwork |
scientific research, exploration, or observation conducted in the field rather than the laboratory or classroom. [1/2 definitions] |
| hamster |
any of several short-tailed, round-bodied Eurasian rodents that have large cheek pouches, often kept as pets or laboratory animals. |
| in vitro fertilization |
a laboratory technique by which a previously extracted ovum, usu. human, is fertilized by previously extracted sperm, producing an embryo that is then implanted in a uterus for gestation. |
| lab1 |
a short form of laboratory. |
| laboratory |
a period of time during which students are assigned to use a laboratory for study, practice, or experimentation as part of an academic course. [1/4 definitions] |
| maze |
a similar network used for laboratory experiments on learning in small animals, esp. rodents. [1/4 definitions] |
| oxalic acid |
a poisonous, colorless acid used as a cleansing agent, laundry bleach, and laboratory reagent. |
| paramedical |
of or indicating the work of auxiliary medical personnel such as nurses' aides, paramedics, or laboratory technicians. |
| petnapping |
the stealing of pets in order to sell them, as for use in laboratory experiments. |
| Pyrex |
trademark for glassware that resists heat and chemical abrasiveness, used esp. in cookware and laboratory utensils. |
| retort2 |
a laboratory vessel that has a long, downturned neck and is used to distill or decompose substances by heat. [1/2 definitions] |
| space station |
a large artificial satellite in long-term orbit, designed to be used as a military outpost, scientific research laboratory, or site for the assembly and launching of other spacecraft. |
| synthetic |
made with chemicals formed in a laboratory instead of something found in nature; man-made; artificial. [2 definitions] |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |
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