self-collected
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-collected
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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What’s exciting about Methica CC is that labs could run it on self-collected HPV samples after they test positive, with no pap smear required.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
The single-use test works with a self-collected nasal swab and provides a result in about 30 minutes, according to the F.D.A.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Food and Drug Administration has already granted emergency use authorization for several self-collected, saliva-based PCR tests—including one using covidSHIELD technology.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2022
The FDA has given emergency use authorization to nearly a dozen over-the-counter, self-collected rapid antigen testing kits, such as the Abbott BinaxNow and Quidel QuickVue tests.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
He of the impossible gradients is the hero of a hundred committees, quite accustomed to legal artifice, cool, wary, and self-collected.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
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