单词 | cytometer |
释义 | cytometern. Biology and Medicine. Any of various devices or instruments for measuring, counting, or identifying cells. In later use: esp. (more fully flow cytometer) a machine that determines the size, number, nucleic acid content, etc., of cells moving in a narrow stream through a beam of light (now usually from a laser).haemocytometer: see the first element. ΚΠ 1877 W. R. Gowers in Lancet 798 The hæmacytometer consists of an apparatus for estimating approximately the number of corpuscles contained in a given volume of blood.] 1881 Lancet 3 Sept. 407/2 A diagram made from measurements taken with a cytometer showed this clearly. 1891 Lancet 7 Aug. 325/2 Amongst the novelties of this exhibit were also the demonstrations by Mr. Townsend of Dr. Oliver's hæmoglobinometer and cytometer. 1918 Anat. Rec. Jan. 98 The rate of progressive linear motion of the sperm was determined by the use of the ruled surface of the cytometer and a stop-watch. 1966 Virology 27 116/2 After incubation, the samples were cooled and aliquots were introduced into a Fuchs-Rosenthal cytometer. 1977 Science 14 Oct. 149/2 A two-parameter flow cytometer that measured absorption and back-scattered illumination of unstained cells to determine cell nucleic acid and size was reported on by Kamentsky. 1983 Jrnl. Surg. Res. 35 3/1 Samples were placed in tubes..and shaken lightly before the hematological studies were obtained from an automated cytometer. 2001 Time 26 Nov. 83/2 At its core is a flow cytometer—or cell sorter—that..shines laser beams on chromosomes within cells to make a quick genetic ID. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881 |
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