| 释义 |
micrurgy|ˈmaɪkrɜːdʒɪ|
[f. micro- + -urgy after metallurgy.]
The performance of delicate manipulations under the microscope, esp. on biological material such as individual cells. So miˈcrurgical a.
1927Protoplasma II. 189 (heading) The structural organization of plant protoplasm in the light of micrurgy. Ibid. 191 The extensive micrurgical researches that have been made on animal cells. 1935Industr. & Engin. Chem. (Analytical Ed.) VII. 218/1 The word ‘micrurgy’ was coined by Petérfi..to describe biological microdissection and later expanded by Titus and Gray..to include dissection and examination under the microscope of non⁓biological material. Since the term, by its pure Greek derivation, means ‘operations on a small scale or work with minute quantities’, it can logically be used as a general term to include microchemistry, microanalysis, and chemical microscopy... It is here so used, and is suggested for general adoption. 1960New Scientist 20 Oct. 1049/1 With the new technique of micrurgy the gap between the living cell and the micrologist had been bridged. 1973Nature 2 Mar. 47/2 For micrurgical manipulation, two- or eight-celled eggs from superovulated BALB/c mice were deposited into a suspension of somatic cells and virus in an ‘egg-well’. |