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"lab rat" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an informal way to refer to someone who works in a laboratory, so it can be used in informal contexts. For example, "John is a real lab rat--he spends all day running experiments in the lab."
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lab rat
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A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.
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Think lab rat on Ritalin.
Makes me a big, interesting lab rat.
The FCX is no lab rat.
It's hard to be both scientist and lab rat.
"Lophelia is sort of our lab rat," said Dr. Cordes.
"I definitely feel like a lab rat now".
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Richard P Grant is an ex-lab rat with a predilection for this sort of thing.
Poor stock, high prices, incomprehensible layout - and lab-rat lighting.
"Sometimes I feel like a lab-rat in this environment," says Xiaoxia.
To prove it, Alexander created a lab-rat heaven he called Rat Park.
It won't make a stiff lab-rat type into a palliative-care oncologist.
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