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hollowfibre

hollowfibre adjective: based on or pertaining to hollow fibers.

Adjective

hollowfibre (not comparable)

  1. Based on or pertaining to hollow fibers.
    • Following the commercialization of Monsanto's hollowfibre polysulphone membrane technology for the separation of CO and H2, DuPont has introduced a separation process on the basis of aromatic polyamide membranes.1987, Processing, page 283
    • I needed a shower, a glass of OJ and a few hours under my hollowfibre duvet in a peach-free zone.2010, Laurie Graham, Perfect Meringues, →ISBN

Noun

hollowfibre (countable and uncountable, plural hollowfibres)

  1. Hollow (tubular) semi-permeable fibers that are used for protein separation and cell culture.
    • The immunoprotection of the cells grown within the hollowfibre is accomplished by the impeneirance of immunoglobulins and immunocompetent cells through the hollowfibre.2003, Science & Culture - Volume 69, page 123

Examples of hollowfibre in a sentence

  • Two different hollowfibre bioreactors (Tecnomouse and CellPharm I) were used for the production of a human monoclonal antibody for clinical use.2012, E.C. Beuvery, W.P. Zeijlemaker, J.B. Griffiths, Animal Cell Technology: Developments towards the 21st Century, →ISBN:
  • The modules commonly used in decentralized applications include variants of flatsheet and hollowfibre/tubular configurations.2013, Tove A. Larsen, Kai M. Udert, Judit Lienert, Source Separation and Decentralization for Wastewater, →ISBN, page 368:

Forms of hollowfibre

Adjective
alternative formhollow-fibre
alternative formhollowfiber
alternative formhollow-fiber
Noun
pluralhollowfibres

Origin of hollowfibre

From hollow + fibre.

Questions about hollowfibre

What does hollowfibre mean?
Hollowfibre means based on or pertaining to hollow fibers.
How do you use hollowfibre in a sentence?
Two different hollowfibre bioreactors (Tecnomouse and CellPharm I) were used for the production of a human monoclonal antibody for clinical use.
What part of speech is hollowfibre?
Hollowfibre can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hollowfibre in the dictionary

  1. hollowers
  2. hollowest
  3. holloweth
  4. hollowfiber
  5. hollowfibers
  6. hollowfibre
  7. hollowfibres
  8. hollowhearted
  9. hollowheartedly
  10. hollowheartedness
  11. hollowing

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