Enum: SpecimenTypeEnum

Types of biological specimens used in research

URI: valuesets:SpecimenTypeEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
TISSUE	NCIT:C12801	Solid tissue specimen
BLOOD	NCIT:C12434	Whole blood specimen
PLASMA	NCIT:C13356	Blood plasma specimen
SERUM	NCIT:C13325	Blood serum specimen
BUFFY_COAT	NCIT:C84507	Leukocyte-enriched blood fraction
URINE	NCIT:C13283	Urine specimen
SALIVA	NCIT:C13275	Saliva specimen
STOOL	NCIT:C13234	Stool/fecal specimen
CSF	NCIT:C12692	Cerebrospinal fluid specimen
SWEAT	None	Sweat specimen
MUCUS	None	Mucus specimen
BONE_MARROW	NCIT:C12431	Bone marrow specimen
PRIMARY_TUMOR	NCIT:C8509	Primary tumor tissue specimen
METASTATIC_TUMOR	NCIT:C3261	Metastatic tumor tissue specimen
TUMOR_ADJACENT_NORMAL	NCIT:C164032	Normal tissue adjacent to tumor
ORGANOID	NCIT:C172259	Organoid specimen
SPHEROID	None	Cell spheroid specimen
MICROTISSUE	None	Engineered microtissue specimen
PDX_TISSUE	NCIT:C122936	Patient-derived xenograft tissue
CDX_TISSUE	None	Cell line-derived xenograft tissue

See Also

• https://nf-osi.github.io/nf-metadata-dictionary/

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: SpecimenTypeEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of biological specimens used in research
title: Biological Specimen Types
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
see_also:
- https://nf-osi.github.io/nf-metadata-dictionary/
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  TISSUE:
    text: TISSUE
    description: Solid tissue specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C12801
    aliases:
    - Tissue
  BLOOD:
    text: BLOOD
    description: Whole blood specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C12434
    aliases:
    - Blood
  PLASMA:
    text: PLASMA
    description: Blood plasma specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C13356
    aliases:
    - Plasma
  SERUM:
    text: SERUM
    description: Blood serum specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C13325
    aliases:
    - Serum
  BUFFY_COAT:
    text: BUFFY_COAT
    description: Leukocyte-enriched blood fraction
    meaning: NCIT:C84507
    aliases:
    - Buffy Coat
  URINE:
    text: URINE
    description: Urine specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C13283
    aliases:
    - Urine
  SALIVA:
    text: SALIVA
    description: Saliva specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C13275
    aliases:
    - Saliva
  STOOL:
    text: STOOL
    description: Stool/fecal specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C13234
    aliases:
    - Feces
    - fecal
  CSF:
    text: CSF
    description: Cerebrospinal fluid specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C12692
    aliases:
    - cerebrospinal fluid
    - Cerebrospinal Fluid
  SWEAT:
    text: SWEAT
    description: Sweat specimen
  MUCUS:
    text: MUCUS
    description: Mucus specimen
  BONE_MARROW:
    text: BONE_MARROW
    description: Bone marrow specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C12431
    aliases:
    - Bone Marrow
  PRIMARY_TUMOR:
    text: PRIMARY_TUMOR
    description: Primary tumor tissue specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C8509
    aliases:
    - Primary Neoplasm
  METASTATIC_TUMOR:
    text: METASTATIC_TUMOR
    description: Metastatic tumor tissue specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C3261
    aliases:
    - Metastatic Neoplasm
  TUMOR_ADJACENT_NORMAL:
    text: TUMOR_ADJACENT_NORMAL
    description: Normal tissue adjacent to tumor
    meaning: NCIT:C164032
    aliases:
    - Tumor-Adjacent Normal Specimen
  ORGANOID:
    text: ORGANOID
    description: Organoid specimen
    meaning: NCIT:C172259
    aliases:
    - Organoid
  SPHEROID:
    text: SPHEROID
    description: Cell spheroid specimen
  MICROTISSUE:
    text: MICROTISSUE
    description: Engineered microtissue specimen
  PDX_TISSUE:
    text: PDX_TISSUE
    description: Patient-derived xenograft tissue
    meaning: NCIT:C122936
    aliases:
    - PDX tissue
    - Patient Derived Xenograft
  CDX_TISSUE:
    text: CDX_TISSUE
    description: Cell line-derived xenograft tissue
    aliases:
    - CDX tissue