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Where do all the scientists go—

After they leave the bench? Folks trained to research don’t always stay in research. What do they do with that head full of biochemical largess, and experimental prowess? An investigation into science lives at work, at and away from the bench.

1laboratorium, laboratorii, n

declension: 2, gender: N

1. laboratory

Age: Latin post 15th – Scholarly/Scientific (16-18)
Area: Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
Source: Calepinus Novus, modern Latin, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)

ex, prep.

type: ablative
1. according to
2. because of, as a result of
3. by reason of
4. out of, from

2ex-, prefix

1. In verbs from Latin (directly or through Old & mod. French) with the senses ‘out’, as exclude, ‘upward’, as extol, ‘thoroughly’, as excruciate, ‘bring into a state’, as exasperate, ‘remove, expel, relieve of’, as expatriate, exonerate, excoriate
2. Occas. (E- preferred) forming adjectives with the sense ‘not having, deprived of’, as exalbuminous.
3. As a freely productive prefix forming nouns from titles of office, status, etc., with the sense ‘former(ly)’, as ex-convict

ex, verb trans.

Cross out with an X…
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Definitions excerpted from:
  1. Mahony, Kevin. LATdict- an online Latin dictionary
  2. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th ed.  2002. Print.
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