laboratory
nounADJ.
up-to-date, well-equipped | commercial, industrial | school, university | biology, chemistry, physics, science | chemical, pharmaceutical | analytical, clinical, development, experimental, forensic, medical, nuclear, pathology, photographic, public health, quality control, research, testing
VERB + LABORATORY
build, establish, set up
She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.| run
He runs his own research laboratory.| work in
They work in a laboratory studying growth patterns.LABORATORY + NOUN
assistant, chemist, manager, scientist, technician, worker | apparatus, bench, equipment, facilities | animal | analysis, experiment, investigation, measurement, simulation, study, test, testing, trial, work
laboratory tests on animals| science, subject | practices, procedures | data, evidence, findings, report, results | conditions, setting
The athletes' reflexes were tested under laboratory conditions. simulated driving in a laboratory settingPREP.
in a/the ~
The effects of weathering can be simulated in the laboratory.