Examinand

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-004143",
  "term": "Examinand",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The nominal property that an examination sets out to determine, the counterpart of the measurand for properties that have no magnitude, such as the ABO blood group of a patient's red cells or the species of a bacterial isolate. The result of an examination is a value of this property, expressed as a category and not as a number. The sample or patient is the system that carries the property, not the examinand itself.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "nominal property",
    "examination",
    "examination result",
    "examined value",
    "nominal property value",
    "taxon"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 918 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/examinand/"
}