biochip
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- noun
- /ˈbaɪoʊˌʧɪp/
- Specialized
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biochip
- Monoclonal antibodies, sometimes mounted in biochips, are being used in sensitive diagnostic tests and drug delivery systems that pinpoint specific sites in the body.
- biochip implants
Examples
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Doctors will drip droplets of our genes onto a biochip to figure out if we have the kind of prostate cancer that will kill or not, or to figure out if ours is the kind of leukemia that responds to this drug rather than that one.
Academic text (2001) -
Like PSAs and other single cancer diagnostics, the test will require only a drop of blood and a biochip, but it will allow extremely precise diagnosis of most, if not all, major cancers.
Blog text (20) -
How's the biochip working out for you?
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These new biochips are different.
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The biochip does exist.
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They'll be reassessing the whole biochip protection program.
Fiction book (2000) -
That is the flaw in the IMI biochip.
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Ethan, we know about the biochips.
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The new biochip allows researchers to analyze thousands of genes simultaneously.
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In our lab, we are using a biochip to identify genetic markers associated with certain diseases.
Synonyms
A small device with many tiny DNA pieces that tests many genes in a sample
A small device with many pieces of DNA that tests genes in samples
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biochip joins bio- and chip, and bio- comes from a Greek word meaning 'life', as in biology, while chip is a small computer part. So a biochip is like a tiny computer part for 'life', used to read DNA and test thousands of genes or other biological parts at once.