lab coat
noun
: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility
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Mild-mannered Disneyland nurse Angela Gallegos-Macias is a life-saving Disney Hero who wears a white lab coat to work rather than a super suit like Elastigirl, Black Widow or Captain Marvel.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Jared Padalecki may soon trade in his fire jacket for a lab coat.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Jan. 2025
Hall, who has short salt-and-pepper hair and often wears a lab coat, originally trained as a physicist.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent.
—Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Jared Padalecki may soon trade in his fire jacket for a lab coat.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Jan. 2025
Hall, who has short salt-and-pepper hair and often wears a lab coat, originally trained as a physicist.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent.
—Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Lab coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%20coat. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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