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laboratory (n.)
c. 1600, "room or building set apart for scientific experiments," from Medieval Latin
laboratorium
"a place for labor or work," from Latin
laboratus
, past participle of
laborare
"to work" (see
labor
(v.)). Figurative use by 1660s.
