Lăb'o-ra-to-ry, n.

(50), n. [L. Lat. laboratorium, from Lat. laborare, to labor; It. & Sp. laboratorio, Fr. laboratoire.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.]

1. A place where operations and experiments in chemistry, pharmacy, pyrotechny, &c., are performed; the work-room of a chemist.
2. A place where any thing is prepared for use; as, the stomach is called the grand laboratory of the human body; the liver, the laboratory of the bile.