specimen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes

   they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis

2. 2
   noun

   An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

   early specimens of the art of Picasso

3. 3
   noun

   an example regarded as typical of its class

4. 4
   noun

   A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.

5. 5
   noun

   An eligible man.

Etymology

From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).