noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blood/urine/tissue etc sample
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He compared the samples with a blood sample from Mr Green.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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flow
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Thus, it is essential to monitor urine flow , serum tonicity, and body weight during the deprivation.
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Body temperature is higher in the daytime than at night, and urine flow is lower overnight.
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Similarly, adaptation to very high intakes requires several days and ample urine flow .
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Osmotic diuretics cause in-creased potassium losses, probably primarily because of the increased urine flow accompanying them.
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In both states, urine flow is high, since the urine remains continuously dilute.
sample
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Addition of acetic acid to the urine sample dissolves the salts and clears the urine.
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It was Karen Silkwood who had spiked her own urine samples .
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Subsequent to this investigation we assessed 2907 urine samples from women attending the antenatal clinics in Dundee between November 1990 and September 1992.
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Whenever a patient returned for a clinic visit, a urine sample was collected and was analyzed for ethanol.
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As well as the chatty bit about not forgetting the urine sample , both sides carry advertising.
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All three provided identical urine samples .
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Medical tests conducted later that evening found evidence of cocaine in the mayor's blood and urine samples .
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All three were barred in February for tampering with urine samples during out-of-competition tests.
specimen
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However, when urine specimens were screened there were several positives in the modern pentathlon contest.
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The type of light chain excreted in the urine may be identified by performing immuno-electrophoresis on a concentrated urine specimen . 173.
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No further food or fluid was consumed, except for the standard meal until the last urine specimen had been collected.
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That is, until something turned up somehow in C.J.'s urine specimen .
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To overcome the problems of collecting a 24 hour urine specimen , an overnight collection was made.
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It is just picking people out randomly, with no grounds for suspicion, and forcing them to give urine specimens .
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A 24-hour urine specimen should be collected to determine creatinine clearance, and protein and uric acid excretion.
test
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It requires fertility monitoring with ultrasound, and blood or urine tests .
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Within 48 hours, Larson forced 4, 000 midshipmen to take urine tests .
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I want you to organise full blood analysis, and the usual urine tests .
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Here a check is kept on weight; blood and urine tests are carried out; and relevant medical history is noted.
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His urine tests show glycosuria which over the months abates.
■ VERB
collect
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Each subject was initially asked to collect their urine for 24 hours.
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Patients were instructed to take no alcohol and to collect all urine for the next 24 hours.
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When their overlords came out to relieve themselves in the snow, the serfs collected the urine to drink.
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To overcome the problems of collecting a 24 hour urine specimen, an overnight collection was made.
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There's no need to separately collect urine , no mess, and no waiting around for a result.
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If requested, collect specimens of urine from diabetic residents.
excrete
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Excess electrolytes are excreted through the urine , but it is not wise to overdose them.
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The type of light chain excreted in the urine may be identified by performing immuno-electrophoresis on a concentrated urine specimen. 173.
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Sulphated bile acids are excreted in urine in large amounts under cholestatic conditions.
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This circulating urobilinogen is almost completely picked up by the liver with only a small amount excreted in the urine .
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Unlike sodium, potassium exhibits no renal threshold being excreted into the urine even in K depleted states.
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Since conjugated bilirubin is water-soluble, it will be excreted in the urine by the kidney.
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It is excreted in the urine as a waste product of creatine. 194.
find
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Later workers found that the urine of beer drinkers gave the best yields.
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Darren, aged 5 years, had been found deliberately passing urine in the corner of his bedroom carpet.
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When there is active infection, the virus can be found in saliva, urine , vaginal discharge, and semen.
give
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In neither case is there any need to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine .
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It is just picking people out randomly, with no grounds for suspicion, and forcing them to give urine specimens.
pass
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Urge incontinence is when you suddenly need to pass urine desperately, but aren't able to reach the toilet in time.
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Tracey adds to her notes: Mrs Brown says she passed urine twice during the night, possibly at 4.30 or 5.30.
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He had also felt a stinging sensation every time he passed urine .
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He had also noticed that there was a slight discomfort when he passed urine .
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Whether this happens or not, one of the main symptoms is dysuria - pain on passing urine .
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Learning to pass urine in the correct place is the next stage of awareness and learning.
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Continence is the ability to control the contents of the bladder and to pass urine only when you want to.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A high urine sodium concentration is a variable but frequent confirmatory finding in this disorder.
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For whatever reason the Act provides that it is his responsibility to make the request, either for blood or urine .
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He was taken off the ventilator, although he still had the tracheostomy and a catheter for his urine .
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I blush, my heart pounds, I control my tears, but I feel warm urine run down my legs.
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In the wastes of the Chaidam basin he is forced to drink his own urine to survive.
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That is, until something turned up somehow in C.J.'s urine specimen.
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They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.
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This circulating urobilinogen is almost completely picked up by the liver with only a small amount excreted in the urine .