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bioballistics

bioballistics noun: synonym of biolistics.

Noun

bioballistics (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of biolistics.
    • These include mechanical and electrical transfection techniques, such as microinjection, bioballistics, hydrodynamic force, ultrasonic nebulization, and electroporation, and chemical/biochemical methods, such as calcium phosphate coprecipitation, and membrane permeation catalyzed by artificial...2016 March 5, “Identification of a Short Cell-Penetrating Peptide from Bovine Lactoferricin for Intracellular Delivery of DNA in Human A549 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    biolistics

Synonyms of bioballistics

Origin of bioballistics

From bio- + ballistics, itself from ballista + -ics or by surface analysis, ballistic + -s.

Questions about bioballistics

What does bioballistics mean?
Bioballistics means synonym of biolistics.
What part of speech is bioballistics?
Bioballistics is a noun.

Words near bioballistics in the dictionary

  1. bioavailibility
  2. biobag
  3. biobags
  4. bioball
  5. bioballistic
  6. bioballistics
  7. bioballs
  8. biobank
  9. biobanked
  10. biobanker
  11. biobankers

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