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Microcentrifuge
noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
Verb
- 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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From micro- + centrifuge.
Etymology 2
From micro- + centrifuge.
See also for "microcentrifuge"
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