isolator
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8.6
A sealed chamber where workers handle dangerous or very clean materials
- noun
- /ˈaɪsəˌleɪtər/
- Specialized
:
cámara de aislamiento
- Hermetically sealed hospital isolator stretchers with their own air supply stick out the back of each.
- load the isolator
Examples
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The laboratory technician placed the samples inside the isolator to maintain a sterile environment during testing.
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Bright lights reflect through the plastic isolator walls.
Fiction book (1993) -
Inside the isolator - time slows.
Fiction book (1993) -
They insert their arms through glove ports into the isolator.
Fiction book (1993) -
Scientists use an isolator to safely handle infectious materials without risking contamination.
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Medical professionals transported the patient in an isolator to ensure no harmful pathogens could escape.
Synonyms
enclosure
vsisolator
2
4.4
Closing off an area by surrounding it with a fence or barrier
is a physical sealed chamber that creates a sterile space for work with hazards
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Isolator comes from the old Latin insula 'island', and here it means a sealed 'island' of clean air where work can be done without contamination.