micropipette
- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊpɪˈpɛt/
- Specialized
:
micropipeta
- The researcher carefully transferred the fluid using a micropipette to ensure accurate results in the assay.
- a glass micropipette
Examples
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The glass micropipette was lowered into the brain in the region of the LC until single-unit activity was detected.
Academic text (2016) -
A previously dissociated cell (D) is drawn into a micropipette and inserted into the enucleated ovum (H).
Academic text (1999) -
You know, anything that you could do by using micropipettes or microelectrodes.
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Microscope image of the fiber taper and a suction micropipette with the constrained rod cell.
Blog text (8) -
Finally, a blastula cell was aspirated into a glass micropipette whose lumen was slightly smaller than the diameter of the cell to gently break the cell membrane.
Academic text (1999) -
Micropipette tips were broken back to 2-3 m (2-7 M impedance measured at 135 Hz).
Academic text (2016) -
Micropipette glass electrodes used were pulled from 1.5-mm capillary tubing, filled with 3.6% NaCl, and were used for recording.
Academic text (2016) -
Looking more closely as he deftly handled a micropipette, Dr. Wingate experienced the thrill of creation as he observed two pronuclei within the ooplasm of the egg.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the lab, she expertly used a micropipette to measure precise volumes of liquid for her experiment.
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To perform the test, fill the micropipette with exactly 10 microliters of the solution for optimal accuracy.
How Small
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
micropipette = pipette (transparent) = micro + pipette
The word clearly means a very small pipette, so the meaning follows directly from the prefix micro- plus the base noun pipette.
Etymology
Micropipette comes from micro- meaning 'small' and pipette, which is like a little pipe or 'tube' for liquids, so a micropipette is a very small tube used to measure and move tiny amounts of liquid.