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Definition of swab noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

swab

noun

NAmE//swɑb//

1a piece of soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for cleaning wounds or taking a sample from someone's body for testing

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2an act of taking a sample from someone's body, with a swab to take a throat swab

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