Cryostat

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device used to maintain a constant low temperature.
  2. 2
    a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures wordnet
  3. 3
    A device used to maintain a constant low temperature.; A microtome held at a constant low temperature.

    "For Jaumain[…]that long period of uncertainty began on 31 May 2010, when she stabbed her left thumb with a curved forceps while cleaning a cryostat—a machine that can cut tissues at very low temperatures—that she used to slice brain sections from transgenic mice infected with a sheep-adapted form of BSE."

Synonyms

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cryogenic devicecryostat microtomefrozen section microtomefrozen tissue microtomelow temperature instrument

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"For Jaumain[…]that long period of uncertainty began on 31 May 2010, when she stabbed her left thumb with a curved forceps while cleaning a cryostat—a machine that can cut tissues at very low temperatures—that she used to slice brain sections from transgenic mice infected with a sheep-adapted form of BSE."

Etymology

From cryo- + -stat.

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