fixation

Examples

• All

• The slide preparation required careful fixation to ensure the tissue sample retained its natural structure.

• After the tissue underwent fixation, it was ready for examination under the microscope.

• The importance of maintaining correct central fixation during trial presentation was strongly emphasized.

  Academic text (2002)

• After 150 ms, both the target and fixation point were erased from the screen.

  Academic text (2002)

• A small piece of silastic is placed between the area of fixation and the surrounding bone.

  Academic text (1995)

• Participants were asked to fixate on a central fixation point between trials and were recalibrated if necessary.

  Academic text (2013)

• Rereading time includes all fixations made during returns when another region was previously fixated.

  Academic text (2013)

• However, this procedure is useful for mobilizing the stapes during tympanoplasty when stapes fixation by tympanosclerosis is discovered.

  Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

F

fixing

vsfixation

• Specialized

6.8

Treating tissue so it keeps its structure for study under a microscope

is the same concept but written as a noun form

Compounds

C

complement fixation

• Specialized

8.9

A lab test that shows whether blood has antibodies to a particular germ

C

complement fixation test

• Specialized

6.5

A lab test that mixes blood serum with a germ piece and a blood protein to check for antibodies

I

infantile fixation

• Archaic

9.9

An emotional problem where a person stops growing emotionally and acts like a child

N

nitrogen fixation

• Specialized

4.9

A process where soil bacteria change nitrogen in the air into forms plants can use

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology