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wet lab

wet lab noun: a laboratory that is equipped with plumbing, ventilation, and equipment for performing physical experiments.

Noun

wet lab (plural wet labs)

  1. A laboratory that is equipped with plumbing, ventilation, and equipment for performing physical experiments.
    • After it was over, his small trust fund was $12,500 smaller. But he now has a mobile wet lab he can take wherever someone had a big enough backyard and a good idea.2011, Marcus Wohlsen, Biopunk: Solving Biotech's Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages, →ISBN
    • In the USA, access to a wet lab is a prerequisite for training programmes in ophthalmology; in the UK this requirement is less explicit.2013, Bruno Zuberbuhler, Stephen Tuft, David Gartry, Corneal Surgery: Essential Techniques, →ISBN, page 135

Verb

wet lab (third-person singular simple present wet labs, present participle wet labbing, simple past and past participle wet labbed)

  1. To perform experiments that require a wet lab.

Forms of wet lab

Noun
pluralwet labs
alternative formwet-lab
Verb
third-person singular presentwet labs
present participlewet labbing
past participlewet labbed
pastwet labbed

Questions about wet lab

What does wet lab mean?
Wet lab means a laboratory that is equipped with plumbing, ventilation, and equipment for performing physical experiments.
What part of speech is wet lab?
Wet lab can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of wet lab?
The plural of wet lab is wet labs.

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