microinjectionn.
/ˌmʌɪkrəʊɪnˈdʒɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkroʊᵻnˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n/ Biology.
Injection on a microscopic scale, esp. into an individual cell or part of a cell; an instance of this.
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inoculation1802
plethysmography1890
auxanography1905
subpassage1907
ultrafiltration1908
enucleation1909
turbidimetry1920
microinjection1921
post-treatment1923
microincineration1924
plasmal reaction1925
bursectomy1928
priming1943
superinfection1947
bioengineering1950
superfusion1953
hybridization1961
sham operation1963
transfection1964
transdetermination1965
perifusion1969
zeugmatography1973
1921 Science 28 Oct. 411/2 The microdissection and microinjection of marine ova and of animal and plant cells.
1925 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 98 263 The best method of attacking this problem seemed..to be the use of the technique of micro-injection.
1970 Nature 22 Aug. 857/2 For micro-injection we used a hydraulic system of mineral oil with the micro-pipette tip filled with tracer solution.
1989 E. Lawrence Guide Mod. Biol. iv. 122 DNA can also be introduced by direct microinjection into the nucleus.
2000 Neuroscience 97 565 GABA microinjections produced a complete, reversible, arrest of activity in the deep cerebellar nuclei.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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