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Meanings of sterile swab in English

An absorbent material fixed to a stick for sampling a biological material (such as saliva, blood, etc.).

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        Examples for "swab"
        1
        For more information or to receive a free swab kit, visit DeleteBloodCancer.org.
        Ebony
        2
        The person taking the swab has no direct contact with the patient.
        News.com.au
        3
        Dentists usually apply it with a simple cotton swab or cotton roll.
        Jamaica Observer
        4
        After the discharge the gun was wiped out with a wet swab.
        Out of Doors—California and Oregon
        5
        Until now GPs have had to swab every patient with a sniffle.
        Radio NZ
        Usage of sterile swab in English
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        So he looked the other way as Richard dabbed at a vein on his arm with a sterile swab.
        Lockdown
        2
        I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs.
        Catch-22
        3
        Each cop, however, is accompanied by a worker in a lab coat holding a pouch of sterile swabs.
        Catch and Kill
        4
        First they wiped sterile swabs on unchalked hands and then wiped the swabs on blood agar plates, which contain a growth medium for culturing microorganisms.
        Climbing Magazine