Nanobullet
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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