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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
vtswabbed  swab*bing  :  to apply medication to with a swab <swabbed the wound with iodine>  .
 
 

 
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