micromanipulation
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˌmænɪpjuˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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micromanipulación
- By giving direct access to control parameters of single microscopic systems, micromanipulation technology has opened up new opportunities to study nonequilibrium small systems.
Examples
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Using micromanipulation, light microscopy, and immunofluorescence in grasshopper spermatocytes, these authors determined that the longer chromosomes remained off the spindle, the more strongly they stained.
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Guided by theory and assisted by new micromanipulation tools, scientists have begun to study such interactions in detail.
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Theorists who consider small systems have greatly benefited from advances in micromanipulation that make it possible to measure energy fluctuations in nonequilibrium small systems.
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A combination of light microscopy, the TEM, and micromanipulation allowed Nicklas and colleagues (1982) to pull chromosomes out of the spindle.
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The scientist used micromanipulation to precisely alter the structure of individual cells in the lab.
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Advances in micromanipulation have allowed researchers to conduct experiments on microscopic materials with unprecedented accuracy.
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In cancer research, micromanipulation is crucial for studying the behavior of cancer cells at the cellular level.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
micromanipulation = manipulation (transparent) = micro + manipulate + ion
The base word manipulation contributes directly to the meaning of handling at a very small scale.
Etymology
Micromanipulation comes from the parts micro- 'small' and manipulation, which you can remember from manual meaning 'by hand' or 'to handle'. So, it literally suggests 'small handling', and in science it means using tiny tools to move or change cells and other microscopic parts.