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filterable, a.|ˈfɪltərəb(ə)l|
Also filtrable.
[f. filter v. + -able.]
Able to pass through the pores of a filter, esp. one that retains bacteria; filterable virus (see virus).
1908M. H. Hayes tr. Friedberger & Fröhner's Vet. Path. (ed. 6) II. 425 The causative agents in fowl-pox belong to the group of so-called filtrable agents of infection. 1912Jrnl. Med. Res. XXVII. 1 The diseases caused by filterable viruses include many of the most important of man and animals. Ibid. 3 There is also another protozoan which has a filterable stage. 1922Glasgow Herald 21 Feb. 10 A number of animal diseases besides foot-and-mouth disease are caused by filterable viruses. 1928Daily Tel. 10 July 9/4 Dr. Gye's theory of the causation of cancer by a filtrable virus. 1928T. M. Rivers Filterable Viruses i. 3 To designate the active agents discussed in the book the term ‘filterable viruses’ was chosen from a long list of unsatisfactory names. For many reasons the term ‘viruses’ is preferable to ‘filterable viruses’. 1952G. H. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) ix. 402 A filterable tumour, on crushing to a pulp and mixing with saline, yields by Berkefeld-filtration a cell-free filtrate. 1955Sci. Amer. Mar. 65/1 They [sc. viruses] were first distinguished from bacteria by the fact that they were filtrable, whereas the pores of the ordinary porcelain filter blocked the passage of bacteria. 1965T. M. Bell Introd. Gen. Virol. i. 2 Today The Viruses are exclusively the ‘filterable viruses’ and are considered apart from The Microbes. |