Swabs

Synonyms for "swabs" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
applicator stickclinical specimencollect

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
collected samplecotton budcotton swab

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries
biological specimencleaningclinical specimendisposable medical instrumentmedical applicatorsamplesamplingsampling aid

More specific

12 entries
buccal swabbuccal swab sampledabmopnasal swabnasal swab sampleoral swabpharyngeal swabpharyngeal swab samplerectal swabthroat swabwipe

Collocations

9 entries
buccal swabcotton budcotton swabnasal swabsterile swabswab downswab samplethroat swabwound swab

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I clean my ears using cotton swabs.

Source: tatoeba (4110253)

Daniele Macchini, a physician at Humanitas Gavazzeni hospital in Bergamo, wrote : “The war has literally exploded, and the battles are uninterrupted day and night. The results of the swabs now come one after the other: positive, positive, positive. Suddenly the emergency room is collapsing.”

Source: tatoeba (8621800)

Researchers say the dogs are beating the swabs — detecting positive coronavirus cases that the tests have missed.

Source: tatoeba (9288824)

Tom regularly cleaned his ears out with cotton swabs.

Source: tatoeba (9946827)

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