cytometryn.
/sʌɪˈtɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /saɪˈtɑmətri/ Biology and Medicine.
Measurement of the number, size, type, DNA content, etc., of cells, esp. (more fully flow cytometry) with a flow cytometer.
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1924 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 12) 308/1 Cytometry, the counting of blood cells; blood counting.
1954 Acta Neurovegetativa 8 284 The criterion followed for the cytometry was..a count of characteristic cells in every ten sections.
1976 Biochem. & Biophysical Res. Communications 71 102 (caption) The DNA content distribution of cells was determined by flow cytometry.
1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 25 June d8/3 The cell separation process—called flow cytometry—is critical to medical and scientific research laboratories.
2003 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 6/2 Flow cytometry, which uses a fluorescent dye to identify X and Y chromosomes..was ‘significantly more effective’ than other methods.
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