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patch-clamp

patch-clamp is the alternative spelling of patch clamp.

Meaning of patch clamp

Noun

patch clamp (plural patch clamps)

  1. A device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.
    • We have shown that the extracellular patch clamp can be reliably used to detect extremely small currents flowing through biological membranes.1978 July, Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann, Joe Henry Steinbach, “The Extracellular Patch Clamp: A Method for Resolving Currents through Individual Open Channels in Biological Membranes”, in Pflügers...

Questions about patch-clamp

What is patch-clamp the alternative spelling of?
Patch-clamp is the alternative spelling of patch clamp.

Words near patch-clamp in the dictionary

  1. patch tests
  2. patch together
  3. patch up
  4. patch-box
  5. patch-boxes
  6. patch-clamp
  7. patch-ice
  8. patch-up
  9. patch-ups
  10. patchability
  11. patchable

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