Usually means: Cleaned or collected using cotton stick.
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  1. swabbed: Merriam-Webster
  2. swabbed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. swabbed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. swabbed: Vocabulary.com
  5. swabbed: Wordnik
  6. swabbed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. swabbed: Wiktionary
  8. swabbed: Dictionary.com
  9. Swabbed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Swabbed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. swabbed: FreeDictionary.org
  12. swabbed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. swabbed: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. swabbed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. swabbed: Medical dictionary

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  1. swabbed: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Swab)

noun:  (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
noun:  A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
noun:  A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
noun:  A mop, especially on a ship.
noun:  (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
noun:  (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
verb:  (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
noun:  A surname.
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