lab coat
noun
: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility
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The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent.
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Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
The officers performing these duties do so in a lab coat and the proper personal protective equipment, Huling said.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
The lab coat can only yield a bad diagnosis for Puth.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
Jaime Cheah, a cell biologist in a crisp lab coat, stood in front of a computer monitor, looking like a conductor in front of a robot orchestra.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
The officers performing these duties do so in a lab coat and the proper personal protective equipment, Huling said.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
The lab coat can only yield a bad diagnosis for Puth.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
Jaime Cheah, a cell biologist in a crisp lab coat, stood in front of a computer monitor, looking like a conductor in front of a robot orchestra.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Lab coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%20coat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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