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stab
(stab), To pierce with a pointed instrument, as a knife or dagger.
[Gael. stob]
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stab
Forensics
verb To thrust a sharp object into a victim and, usually, interrupt the skin surface.
Microbiology
noun Stab culture, see there.
verb To inoculate a semisolid bacterial growth medium, usually in a “slant” tube, with a jabbing motion performed with streaking, which combines anaerobic (“stab”) and aerobic (“streak”) conditions in the same test tube; used in triple sugar iron agar tubes.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
His two younger brothers were also
stabbed in the back and treated at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
The officer stumbled from his car, there was a struggle and he was then
stabbed in the back and another shot was fired.
POLICE have released a teenager who was arrested following an argument in a park, where a man was
stabbed in the back, on bail.
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