2. Verb. (third-person singular of swab) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swabs
1. swab [v] - See also: swab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swabs
Literary usage of Swabs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Criminal Justice & Community Response to Rape by Joel Epstein (1995)
"D STEP 6 VAGINAL swabs (4 swabs needed) Note: Do not moisten swabs prior ...
Using four swabs simultaneously, carefully swab the vaginal walls and cervix. ..."
2. No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons by Joanne Mariner (2001)
"ORAL swabs D STEP 2 Note: Do not moisten swabs prior to sample collection.
Using both swabs simultaneously, carefully swab the buccal area and gum line. ..."
3. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1903)
"The findings were as follows: Room 3; 2 swabs (duplicates) positive from a toy
... The guinea pigs inoculated with the mixed cultures from the swabs all ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"STOWAGE OF swabs. swabs in the head are an eye-sore ; attention should be direct
ed to ... Of the worst junk swabs and spun-yam should be made; of the best, ..."
5. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"Of the worst junk swabs and spun-yar n should be made; of the best, knittle and
seizing-stuff, lacings, earings, &c. The seizing-stuff is intended for ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1905)
"In the antral cases the swabs were taken either from the pus found in the ...
swabs from the nasal chamber were obtained from forty-two and direct swabs ..."
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