lab

¹

[ lab ]

noun

1. laboratory.

Lab

²

[ lab ]

noun

1. Informal. Labrador retriever.

LAB

³

or lab

abbreviation for

, Slang.

1. life’s a bitch (used to acknowledge, often dismissively, a difficult or unfair circumstance).

lab.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. labor.
2. laboratory.
3. laborer.

Lab.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Laborite.
2. Labrador.

lab

¹

/ læb /

noun

1. short for laboratory
2. short for Labrador retriever

lab.

²

abbreviation for

1. laboratory
2. labour

Lab.

³

abbreviation for

1. politics Labour
2. Labrador

Word History and Origins

Origin of lab¹

By shortening

Origin of lab²

By shortening

Origin of lab³

From its use in digital communications

Example Sentences

Cedars-Sinai medical staff had failed to follow up on imaging and lab orders and delayed taking Johnson back to the operating room until nearly 10 hours had passed since her C-section, the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times

He co-led the study with Rosa Martinez Corral, a former post-doctoral researcher in his lab who now leads a research group in systems and synthetic biology at CRG.

From Science Daily

Instead of studying cells in a lab dish, the scientists used advanced computer modeling to analyze how molecular networks inside ciliate and mammalian cells respond to different patterns of stimulation.

From Science Daily

"With PNA5, we're targeting cognitive symptoms but, in particular, we're trying to prevent further degeneration from occurring," said Kelsey Bernard, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Madhavan Lab and the study's first author.

From Science Daily

"The primary motivation for this research was to overcome the limitations of conventional microfabrication techniques in creating complex 3D microfluidic structures. The focus of our lab is biomimetics, where we try to solve engineering problems by looking to nature and artificially replicating such structures," explains Professor Fujio Tsumori of Kyushu University's Faculty of Engineering, who led the study.

From Science Daily

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