Nanobullet

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nanoscale bullet, typically used to administer medicine.

    "PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target."

Example

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"PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target."

Etymology

From nano- + bullet.

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