specimen
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0100051
A material entity that has the specimen role.
Term info
Label
specimen
definition source
GROUP: OBI Biomaterial Branch
editor note
Note: definition is in specimen creation objective which is defined as an objective to obtain and store a material entity for potential use as an input during an investigation.
editor preferred term
specimen
example of usage
Biobanking of blood taken and stored in a freezer for potential future investigations stores specimen.
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000122
term editor
PERSON: Philippe Rocca-Serra, PERSON: James Malone