specimen

English Thesaurus

1. a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes (noun.body)

hypernym	:	sample,
definition	:	all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class (noun.object)

hyponym	:	cytologic specimen,
definition	:	a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis (noun.body)

2. an example regarded as typical of its class (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	example, illustration, instance, representative,
definition	:	an item of information that is typical of a class or group (noun.cognition)