Lab"o*ra*to*ry (?), n.;
pl. Laboratories (#). [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF.
elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.] 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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