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A **Specimen** represents a tissue sample or similar material obtained from a human that has some biomedical significance or interest.

h2. Methods

See "specimens":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods/specimens.html

h2. Resource

Each Specimen has, in addition to the usual "attributes of Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|material|string|||
|properties|hash|||