Overscattering

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive scattering; scattering too far or too much. uncountable

    "It is indeed a difficult mean to hit between overcrowding and overscattering."

  2. 2
    The breaking apart and spreading of biological entities during the preparation of sample slides for the microscope. uncountable

    "Pre-fixation of embryos in the first fixative solution could decrease the dissociation or overscattering of blastomeres."

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"It is indeed a difficult mean to hit between overcrowding and overscattering."

Etymology

From over- + scattering.

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