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coverslip

coverslip

1 7.0
A thin flat piece of glass put over a sample on a slide for viewing under a microscope
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌvərˌslɪp/
  • Specialized
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  • The scientist carefully placed a coverslip over the specimen to protect it during observation.
  • a glass coverslip

Examples

  • Finally, the sections were mounted and covered with a coverslip and viewed under x10, x20, and x40 magnification.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Then, the coverslip was moved and the slide was covered with 80 L low-melting agarose.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Engineers in his department first grew vascular smooth muscle cells on a glass coverslip using standard cell culture techniques.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Polymerization was allowed to proceed for 25 minutes at room temperature in a humidifier, and the coverslip was carefully removed.

    Academic text (2018)
  • SMMC-7721 cells were seeded on glass coverslips.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Primary human TM cells were grown on glass coverslips in 24-well plates.

    Blog text (1)
  • COS7 cells were plated on glass coverslips and transfected with plasmids encoding the proteins of interest.

    Academic text (2016)
  • After rinsing, the coverslips were stained with a 1:50 dilution of Hoechst 33258 without exposure to light for 40 minutes.

    Blog text (3)
  • For immunocytochemistry and fluorescent microscopy experiments, cells were grown on poly-L-lysine coated coverslips.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Finally, the coverslips were mounted on slides using Fluoroshield™ Mounting Medium (Sigma-Aldrich Inc.) for subsequent analysis.

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

cover slip
vscoverslip
  • Specialized
5.3

A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing

is the same item but written as one word without a space
cover glass
vscoverslip
  • Specialized
4.8

A thin flat piece of glass placed over a specimen on a microscope slide

is the same covering but uses a different naming form

Surface Forms

coverslip singular
coverslips plural

Morphology

coverslip = cover + slip (transparent) = cover + slip

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'cover' + 'slip' meaning a small slip that covers a specimen, so the sense is directly derived from its parts.

Etymology

The word coverslip comes from the words cover and slip, where a 'slip' means a 'small, thin piece'. So a coverslip is the thin piece of glass that 'covers' a specimen for viewing under a microscope.