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microcannons

microcannons is the plural of microcannon.

Meaning of microcannon

Noun

microcannon (plural microcannons)

  1. A microscopic cannon, typically used to inject medicine into a body.
    • The microcannon starts with a membranous polymer film. […] PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show...2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech

Questions about microcannons

What is microcannons the plural of?
Microcannons is the plural of microcannon.

Words near microcannons in the dictionary

  1. microcamera
  2. microcameras
  3. microcandela
  4. microcandelas
  5. microcannon
  6. microcannons
  7. microcannula
  8. microcannulae
  9. microcannulas
  10. microcannulation
  11. microcannulations

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