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wet lab en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A laboratory that is equipped with plumbing, ventilation, and equipment for performing physical experiments.
    • In the USA, access to a wet lab is a prerequisite for training programmes in ophthalmology; in the UK this requirement is less explicit. 2013, Bruno Zuberbuhler, Stephen Tuft, David Gartry, Corneal Surgery: Essential Techniques, →ISBN, page 135:
    • After it was over, his small trust fund was $12,500 smaller. But he now has a mobile wet lab he can take wherever someone had a big enough backyard and a good idea. 2011, Marcus Wohlsen, Biopunk: Solving Biotech's Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages, →ISBN:
    • In the beginning, the analysis of the sectors was done by looking at the images of the colony at different time points and deciding if the sector-like patterns are similar to the ones in the wet lab. 2013, Ashutosh Gupta, Thomas A. Henzinger, Computational Methods in Systems Biology, →ISBN:

Forms

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wet-lab alternative lexicographic
wet labs Number=Plur lexicographic

wet lab en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To perform experiments that require a wet lab.

Forms

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wet labbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wet labbed Tense=Past lexicographic
wet-lab alternative lexicographic
wet labs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wet labbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

dry lab