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microisolator

microisolator noun: a kind of animal cage with a filter to keep out microorganisms, used in scientific research.

Noun

microisolator (plural microisolators)

  1. A kind of animal cage with a filter to keep out microorganisms, used in scientific research.
    • Age-matched IFN-γ-deficient (IFN-γ -/- ) mice on a C57BL/6 background [23 ] were bred at the Laboratory for Experimental Biomedicine (EBM), University of Gothenburg, and all mice were housed in microisolators for the duration of the study.2015 July 14, “Defining the Roles of IFN-γ and IL-17A in Inflammation and Protection against Helicobacter pylori Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microisolator

pluralmicroisolators

Origin of microisolator

From micro- + isolator.

Questions about microisolator

What does microisolator mean?
Microisolator means a kind of animal cage with a filter to keep out microorganisms, used in scientific research.
What part of speech is microisolator?
Microisolator is a noun.
What is the plural of microisolator?
The plural of microisolator is microisolators.

Words near microisolator in the dictionary

  1. microischemias
  2. microischemic
  3. microisland
  4. microislands
  5. microisolation
  6. microisolator
  7. microisolators
  8. microjanskies
  9. microjansky
  10. microjanskys
  11. microjet

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