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Laboratory (?), n.; pl. Laboratories (#). [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.]
    1. The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, “a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory”. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, “the liver is the laboratory of the bile”.

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    2. Hence: Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory1, especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; as, “the states serve as laboratories where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country”.

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