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laboratory

Syllabification: (lab·o·ra·to·ry)

Definition of laboratory

a room or building equipped for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals:pepsin can be extracted in the laboratory a film processing laboratory [as modifier]:a laboratory technician
[as modifier] (of an animal) bred for or used in experiments in laboratories:studies on laboratory rats

Origin:

early 17th century: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare 'to labor'

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