swab
n 1 : a wad of absorbent material usu. wound around one end of a small stick and used for applying medication or for removing material from an area 2 : a specimen taken with a swab <a throat > vt, swabbed swab*bing : to apply medication to with a swab <swabbed the wound with iodine> .
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