Warburgn.
/ˈwɔːbəːɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌbərɡ/ Biochemistry.
Used attributively and in the possessive to denote apparatus for the study of the metabolism of small pieces of tissue by the manometric measurement of the rate of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, a technique pioneered by Warburg.
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osmometer1854
plethysmograph1872
respirometer1896
turbidimeter1905
Warburg1930
stabilimeter1940
1930 Biol. Abstr. 4 2745/1 By use of suitable suspensions of B. coli in Warburg's apparatus a biological, direct (manometric) method of measuring the hexoses is described.
1946 Nature 3 Aug. 155/2 The kinetics of these reductions may be followed manometrically in the Warburg apparatus by carrying out the reactions in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
1975 K. Wilson in Williams & Wilson Biologist's Guide to Princ. & Techniques Pract. Biochem. viii. 233 (caption) Diagrammatic representation of a Warburg manometer.
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