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microtainer

microtainer noun: a very small container for biological material.

Noun

microtainer (plural microtainers)

  1. A very small container for biological material.
    • At every time point, a 500-μL sample of whole blood was taken from each participant in to a microtainer coated with K 2 EDTA (Becton Dickinson ref: 365974).2015 September 18, “The Impact of Sleep Restriction and Simulated Physical Firefighting Work on Acute Inflammatory Stress Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microtainer

pluralmicrotainers

Origin of microtainer

micro- + container

Questions about microtainer

What does microtainer mean?
Microtainer means a very small container for biological material.
What part of speech is microtainer?
Microtainer is a noun.
What is the plural of microtainer?
The plural of microtainer is microtainers.

Words near microtainer in the dictionary

  1. microsyringes
  2. microsystem
  3. microsystemic
  4. microsystems
  5. Micros~1
  6. microtainer
  7. microtainers
  8. microtank
  9. microtanks
  10. microtape
  11. microtapes

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