nanobullet
nanobullet noun: a nanoscale bullet, typically used to administer medicine.
Noun
nanobullet (plural nanobullets)
- A nanoscale bullet, typically used to administer medicine.
- 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 exactly where they landed in the tissue target.2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech
- When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times
Forms of nanobullet
| plural | nanobullets |
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Origin of nanobullet
From nano- + bullet.
Questions about nanobullet
- What does nanobullet mean?
- Nanobullet means a nanoscale bullet, typically used to administer medicine.
- What part of speech is nanobullet?
- Nanobullet is a noun.
- What is the plural of nanobullet?
- The plural of nanobullet is nanobullets.
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