Microcentrifuge

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
Verb
  1. 1
    To centrifuge in such a device. transitive

    "Cell suspensions in RNAlater were microcentrifuged for one minute at 20,000 × g, and the pellets were re-suspended in the kit-provided buffer RLT."

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"Cell suspensions in RNAlater were microcentrifuged for one minute at 20,000 × g, and the pellets were re-suspended in the kit-provided buffer RLT."

Etymology

From micro- + centrifuge.

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