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swab

 
 
/swɒb/ noun [C]

Translation

a small piece of material used for cleaning an injury or for taking a small amount of a substance from someone's body so that it can be tested
eczalı pamuk/bez
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(Definition of swab noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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