test tube

test tube definition - medical

test tube

noun
A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation.
test-tube definition - medical

test-tube

adjective
  1. Produced or cultivated in a test tube.
  2. Conceived by or developed from fertilization in laboratory apparatus or by artificial insemination.

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