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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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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.