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Enum: SpecimenTypeEnum

A high-level type of specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i.e. how far removed it is from the original sample extracted from a source).

URI: SpecimenTypeEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
ALIQUOT None A specimen that results from the division of some parent specimen into equal ...
ANALYTE None A specimen generated through the extraction of a specified class of substance...
FRESH_SPECIMEN None A specimen representing the material that was directly collected from a subje...
PORTION None A physical sub-part taken from an existing specimen
SLIDE None A specimen that is mounted on a slide or coverslip for microscopic analysis

Slots

Name Description
specimen_type The high-level type of the specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/nhlbidatastage/bdchm

LinkML Source

name: SpecimenTypeEnum
description: A high-level type of specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i.e.
  how far removed it is from the original sample extracted from a source).
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nhlbidatastage/bdchm
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  ALIQUOT:
    text: ALIQUOT
    description: A specimen that results from the division of some parent specimen
      into equal amounts for downstream analysis.
  ANALYTE:
    text: ANALYTE
    description: A specimen generated through the extraction of a specified class
      of substance/chemical (e.g. DNA, RNA, protein) from a parent specimen, which
      is stored in solution as an analyte.
  FRESH_SPECIMEN:
    text: FRESH_SPECIMEN
    description: A specimen representing the material that was directly collected
      from a subject (i.e. not generated through portioning, aliquoting, or analyte
      extraction from an existing specimen).
  PORTION:
    text: PORTION
    description: A physical sub-part taken from an existing specimen.
  SLIDE:
    text: SLIDE
    description: A specimen that is mounted on a slide or coverslip for microscopic
      analysis.