OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEM
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lab
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labo
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lbrtry
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A lab is the same as a laboratory. 2. In Britain, Lab is the written abbreviation for labour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Word forms: labs A lab is the same as a laboratory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The full form of LAB is Lactic Acid Bacteria. They are a group of Gram-positive bacteria. They form lactic acid as the major end product of carbohydrate metabolism. To make curd, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) such as Lactobacillus are added to milk.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lab is shorthand for laboratory, with its Medieval Latin root laboratorium, “a place for labor or work, ‘’ from the Latin laborare, “to work.” Many scientists and researchers go to work each day in a lab (often wearing a “lab coat, ‘’ a white smock that protects their clothes).
Detailed explanation-5: -However, the word “lab” is an abbreviation and so inherently informal, which makes it seem wrong. On the other hand “laboratory” sounds even more wrong because no-one says “at my laboratory” in speech.