coverslip
- noun
- /ˈkʌvərˌslɪp/
- Specialized
- The scientist carefully placed a coverslip over the specimen to protect it during observation.
- a glass coverslip
Examples
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Finally, the sections were mounted and covered with a coverslip and viewed under x10, x20, and x40 magnification.
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Then, the coverslip was moved and the slide was covered with 80 L low-melting agarose.
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Engineers in his department first grew vascular smooth muscle cells on a glass coverslip using standard cell culture techniques.
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Polymerization was allowed to proceed for 25 minutes at room temperature in a humidifier, and the coverslip was carefully removed.
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SMMC-7721 cells were seeded on glass coverslips.
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Primary human TM cells were grown on glass coverslips in 24-well plates.
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COS7 cells were plated on glass coverslips and transfected with plasmids encoding the proteins of interest.
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After rinsing, the coverslips were stained with a 1:50 dilution of Hoechst 33258 without exposure to light for 40 minutes.
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For immunocytochemistry and fluorescent microscopy experiments, cells were grown on poly-L-lysine coated coverslips.
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Finally, the coverslips were mounted on slides using Fluoroshield™ Mounting Medium (Sigma-Aldrich Inc.) for subsequent analysis.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing
A thin flat piece of glass placed over a specimen on a microscope slide
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.