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vacufuge

vacufuge noun: a centrifuge that operates in a vacuum; especially one used to concentrate or dehydrate biological samples.

Noun

vacufuge (plural vacufuges)

  1. A centrifuge that operates in a vacuum; especially one used to concentrate or dehydrate biological samples
    • Samples were dried using a vacufuge, and the metabolites were redissolved in 50% methanol.2016 February 17, “Impacts on Sirtuin Function and Bioavailability of the Dietary Bioactive Compound Dihydrocoumarin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Verb

vacufuge (third-person singular simple present vacufuges, present participle vacufuging, simple past and past participle vacufuged)

  1. To operate such a centrifuge
    Synonyms:
    vacucentrifuge

Synonyms of vacufuge

Forms of vacufuge

Noun
pluralvacufuges
Verb
third-person singular presentvacufuges
present participlevacufuging
past participlevacufuged
pastvacufuged

Origin of vacufuge

Blend of vacuum + centrifuge.

Questions about vacufuge

What does vacufuge mean?
Vacufuge means a centrifuge that operates in a vacuum; especially one used to concentrate or dehydrate biological samples.
What part of speech is vacufuge?
Vacufuge can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of vacufuge?
The plural of vacufuge is vacufuges.

Words near vacufuge in the dictionary

  1. vacuating
  2. vacuation
  3. vacuations
  4. vacucentrifuge
  5. vacucentrifuges
  6. vacufuge
  7. vacufuged
  8. vacufuges
  9. vacuism
  10. vacuist
  11. vacuists

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