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acoustophoresis

acoustophoresis noun: acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium.

Noun

acoustophoresis (uncountable)

  1. acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium
    • Recently, several groups have been developing microfluidic devices to isolate CTCs from normal blood components, for example, by using antibody coated microposts, dielectrophoresis, size-based separation by a microfilter or acoustophoresis, etc.2015 November 12, “Cancer Cell Analyses at the Single Cell-Level Using Electroactive Microwell Array Device”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of acoustophoresis

From acousto- + phoresis.

Questions about acoustophoresis

What does acoustophoresis mean?
Acoustophoresis means acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium.
What part of speech is acoustophoresis?
Acoustophoresis is a noun.

Words near acoustophoresis in the dictionary

  1. acoustomechanical
  2. acoustooptic
  3. acoustooptical
  4. acoustooptically
  5. acoustooptics
  6. acoustophoresis
  7. acoustophoretic
  8. acoustophoretically
  9. acoustopolariscopic
  10. acoustopolariscopy
  11. acoustoultrasonic

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