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histotripsy

histotripsy noun: mechanical fractionation of the tissue using repetitive high-intensity ultrasound pulses.

Noun

histotripsy (uncountable)

  1. Mechanical fractionation of the tissue using repetitive high-intensity ultrasound pulses.

Origin of histotripsy

From histo- + -tripsy.

Questions about histotripsy

What does histotripsy mean?
Histotripsy means mechanical fractionation of the tissue using repetitive high-intensity ultrasound pulses.
What part of speech is histotripsy?
Histotripsy is a noun.

Words near histotripsy in the dictionary

  1. histotomy
  2. histotope
  3. histotopes
  4. histotoxic
  5. histotoxicity
  6. histotripsy
  7. histotroph
  8. histotrophic
  9. histotrophism
  10. histotrophs
  11. histotrophy

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