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Synonyms for swab
swɒbswab
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Princeton's WordNet
swabnoun
implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
swab, swob, mopverb
cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
swab, swobverb
wash with a swab or a mop
"swab the ship's decks"
dab, swab, swobverb
apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
"dab the wall with paint"
Editors Contribution
deckhands
they preform manual labor on a boat
Dictionary of English Synonymes
swabnoun
Synonyms:
mop
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#4373 | buffer | |
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#43571 | swab |
How to use swab in a sentence?
Each day you have less remnant viral particles in your body, if someone is taking a swab, it could be negative, and another day they could catch particles. It's conceivable his positive result was related to that, particularly in a subsequent test.
The new DNA test results from the vaginal swab point to Hayes’ involvement in the Broward murder of Albertson, despite the fact that a jury acquitted him of the state homicide charge in the 1997 retrial.
Caraballo said. Dr. Damian Caraballo was quarantined with his wife and kids in Tampa while awaiting his test results. (Contributed photo) Caraballos nasal test swab was sent out to California where he had to await the results for 6.5 days. Its been frustrated to see other countries -- like South Korea-- have widespread testing and their doctors wearing what looks like spacesuits to treat patients, he said. Meanwhile,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising doctors dealing with a shortage of facemasks to use a bandana or scarf to care for COVID-19 patients as a last resort. Health care professionals without masks in contact with a COVID-19 patient are advised to stay away from work for 14 days, setting up a scenario for many more doctors and nurses to be absent from the frontlines. The CDC recommendations sound like were in athird world country.
It means we no longer have to put health care professionals at risk for infection by performing nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal collections, we can preserve precious personal protective equipment for use in patient care instead of testing. We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is more quick and scalable than swab collections.
It is a lab in a cartridge effectively, the key is that with this test you go straight from a saliva swap or a nasal swab into the cartridge with no transport and no laboratory.
Translations for swab
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- hisopoSpanish
- swabro, swabragarIdo
- betuppenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- koopvaardijmatroos, poetsvod,doekje, zwabber, uitstrijkje, zwabberen, dweilen, watje, propDutch
- чистить, вытиратьRussian
- tupfer, obrisatiSerbo-Croatian
- våttorka, svabb, svabba, moppaSwedish
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