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Meanings of swab in английском
португальский
esfregão каталонский
pal de fregar 
An absorbent material fixed to a stick for sampling a biological material (such as saliva, blood, etc.).
Synonyms
Examples for "sterile swab"
Examples for "sterile swab"
1
So he looked the other way as Richard dabbed at a vein on his arm with a sterile swab.
2
I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs.
3
Each cop, however, is accompanied by a worker in a lab coat holding a pouch of sterile swabs.
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.
Usage of swab in английском
1
For more information or to receive a free swab kit, visit DeleteBloodCancer.org.
2
The person taking the swab has no direct contact with the patient.
3
Dentists usually apply it with a simple cotton swab or cotton roll.
4
After the discharge the gun was wiped out with a wet swab.
5
Until now GPs have had to swab every patient with a sniffle.
6
Always be careful to keep the swab behind you, out of sight.
7
Phone apps that squawk to remind you to swab down your desk.
8
He now could do no work whatever, not even swab the deck.
9
Use a swab made by twisting some absorbent cotton upon a toothpick.
10
Darby did an oral swab on the insides of the woman's cheeks.
11
Arter him we tacked, detarmined ter punish ther swab fer his imperdence.
12
Instead he wiped the hollow of Chandler's elbow with an alcohol swab.
13
Blessed if I believe the swab was a certificated doctor at all.
14
Health-and-safety technicians entered in full-body moonsuits to swab the quarters for viruses.
15
The test involves a nasal swab with a blood test for antibodies.
16
The virus is detected via a nasopharyngeal swab, and by blood tests.
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Swab across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare