Bioballistics

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of biolistics. uncountable

    "These include mechanical and electrical transfection techniques, such as microinjection, bioballistics, hydrodynamic force, ultrasonic nebulization, and electroporation, and chemical/biochemical methods, such as calcium phosphate coprecipitation, and membrane permeation catalyzed by artificial lipids, peptides/proteins, dendrimers, and virus-based vectors [2 ]."

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"These include mechanical and electrical transfection techniques, such as microinjection, bioballistics, hydrodynamic force, ultrasonic nebulization, and electroporation, and chemical/biochemical methods, such as calcium phosphate coprecipitation, and membrane permeation catalyzed by artificial lipids, peptides/proteins, dendrimers, and virus-based vectors [2 ]."

Etymology

From bio- + ballistics.

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