LABORATORY
ADJECTIVES
1860 ► LABORATORIAN pert. to the laboratory
1862 ► LABORATORIAL pert. to the laboratory
NOUNS
1425 ► OFFICINE a workshop; a laboratory; an office in a monastery → obs.
1651 ► OPERATORY a workshop, a laboratory → obs.
1712 ► LABOUR-HOUSE a laboratory → obs.
1895 ► LAB a laboratory → UK
1934 ► COOK BOOK a chemical laboratory manual → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1934 ► KITCHEN a chemical laboratory → students’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1665 ► LABORANT a laboratory workman; a chemist’s assistant; a working chemist → obs.
1860 ► LABORATORIAN a chemist who works in a laboratory
..20C ► LAB JOCKEY a laboratory scientist → US sl.
1988 ► LAB WRETCH a performer of unpleasant laboratory tasks → US sl.
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