minilab

or min·i-lab

[ min-ee-lab ]

noun

1. a small business that develops film and makes prints quickly, often using computerized equipment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minilab¹

mini- + lab

Example Sentences

She lied; the Edison and miniLab devices didn’t work.

From Slate

Its small, tabletop device — sometimes called the Edison or the MiniLab — could only run about a dozen blood tests, former employees revealed in testimony during the trials — a far cry from the hundreds of tests Theranos suggested it could complete.

From Washington Post

Mr. Leach showed an image of Theranos’s blood analyzing machine, known as Edison and MiniLab, and said it “was not doing anything that couldn’t be done in an ordinary central blood testing laboratory.”

From New York Times

There, the company worked on its flagship technology — a small automated box known as either the MiniLab or the Edison — intended to quickly run hundreds of tests and issue diagnostics with just drops of blood.

From Washington Post

Semple concedes that swooping in with a complete minilab isn’t exactly the way to build local scientific capacity in developing countries--a key priority for the global health community.

From Science Magazine