swab
swab
Definition
swab (swäb)
noun
- a yarn mop, usually used wet, for cleaning decks, floors, etc.
- a small piece of cotton, cloth, sponge, etc. used to apply medicine to, or clean discharged matter from, the throat, mouth, etc.
- matter collected in this way
- a brush, wad of cloth, etc. on a long handle, for cleaning the barrel of a gun
- Slang a clumsy, loutish person
- Slang
- a sailor
- ☆ an enlisted man in the U.S. Navy
Etymology: contr. < swabber
transitive verb swabbed, swab′·bing
to use a swab on; clean, medicate, etc. with a swab
swab
Synonyms
swab
Usage Examples
Object
- deck: Threaten to make your roommate walk the plank if he/she doesn't swab the deck.
Converse of object
- moisten: Do the same for the tricolor inkjet print cartridge, using a clean, moistened cotton swab to avoid any contamination.
- soak: In females, the vagina is packed with an iodine soaked swab.
- take: Your doctor will take a swab or scraping from a blister or sore in the mouth or genital area.
- send: If chickenpox or shingles is suspected please send a swab for virus isolation.
Adjective modifier
- vaginal: What antibiotics are necessary to treat a woman who is incidentally found to have GBS on a vaginal swab during pregnancy?
- rectal: Culture of the organism from rectal swabs or fecal samples.
- nasal: And I do want to make the point, there will be people who have negative nasal swabs who will still be treated.
- sterile: Technicians ' information Assuming 15 working groups Preparation consists of preparing sufficient nutrient agar plates and sterile swabs.
- clean: Repeat until no ink residue is seen on a clean swab.
Modifies a noun
- sample: This is used to take a swab sample from inside the cheek.
- kit: They send you a free swab kit and instructions and I'll send you more details.
- test: Routine blood, urine, swab tests etc taken in the Practice will normally take up to one week to come back.
- result: The swab results revealed a variety of infection ( Figure 1 ).
Noun used with modifier
- gauze: Clean any cuts with gauze swabs, not cotton wool.
- throat: Usually a nose or throat swab Frequency of testing?
- saliva: Along comes a health worker who takes a saliva swab specimen for analysis.
- cotton: Use a cotton swab to remove the majority of the oil.
- cheek: Alternatively, for very young or old donors, cheek swabs can be used.
- wool: Apply using cotton wool swab or with spray application.
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