Enum: enum_CRDCH_Specimen_specimen_type
A high-level type of specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i.e. how far removed it is from the original sample extracted from a source).
URI: crdch:enum_CRDCH_Specimen_specimen_type
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Permissible Values
| Text | Description | Meaning | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Specimen | A specimen representing the material that was directly collected from a subject (i.e. not generated through portioning, aliquoting, or analyte extraction from an existing specimen). | ||
| portion | A physical sub-part taken from an existing specimen. | ||
| aliquot | A specimen that results from the division of some parent specimen into equal amounts for downstream analysis. | ||
| analyte | A specimen generated through the extraction of a specified class of substance/chemical (e.g. DNA, RNA, protein) from a parent specimen, which is stored in solution as an analyte. | ||
| slide | A specimen that is mounted on a slide or coverslip for microscopic analysis. |