Microtainer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very small container for biological material.

    "At every time point, a 500-μL sample of whole blood was taken from each participant in to a microtainer coated with K 2 EDTA (Becton Dickinson ref: 365974)."

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"At every time point, a 500-μL sample of whole blood was taken from each participant in to a microtainer coated with K 2 EDTA (Becton Dickinson ref: 365974)."

Etymology

micro- + container

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