Both Uses of
specimen
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- Dr Terufumi Sasaki, a young member of the surgical staff of the city's large, modern Red Cross Hospital, walked along one of the hospital corridors with a blood specimen for a Wassermann test in his hand;†
Chpt 1specimen = an example regarded as typical of its class
- With the blood specimen in his left hand, walking in a kind of distraction he had felt all morning, probably because of the dream and his rest— less night, he started along the main corridor on his way towards the stairs.†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes