a very fine pipette used for the transference, measurement, or injection of very small volumes of liquid
micropipette in American English
(ˌmaikroupaiˈpet, -pɪ-)
noun
a very slender pipette for transferring or measuring minute amounts of fluid, microorganisms, etc
Also: micropipet
Word origin
[1915–20; micro- + pipette]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: costar, decoder, neorealism, supernationalism, takeoutmicro- is a combining form with the meanings “small” (microcosm; microgamete), “very small in comparison with others of its kind” (microcomputer; microlith), “too small to be seen by the unaided eye” (microfossil; microorganism), “dealing with extremely minute organisms, organic structures, or quantities ofa substance” (microdissection; microscope), “localized, restricted in scope or area” (microburst; microhabitat), “(of a discipline) focusing on a restricted area” (microeconomics), “containing or dealing with texts that require enlargement to be read” (microfilm; microreader), “one millionth” (microgram)
Examples of 'micropipette' in a sentence
micropipette
The blood collection was done through the dorsal aorta using micropipette under microscope.
Kostaman T, Yusuf TL, Fahrudin M, Setiadi MA 2013, 'Isolation and number of circulated primordial germ cells (circulated-PGCs) on stagesof embryonic development of Gaok chicken', Jurnal Ilmu Ternak dan Veterinerhttp://medpub.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/jitv/article/view/260/260. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After micropipette usage, specific cleaning procedures were tested.
Phillip Roder, Carsten Hille 2015, 'A Multifunctional Frontloading Approach for Repeated Recycling of a Pressure-ControlledAFM Micropipette.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4670200?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Drops were collected by micropipette using techniques focused on preventing sample contamination.
Natalie Prior, Stefan A. Little, Cary Pirone, Julia E. Gill, Derek Smith, Jun Han,Darryl Hardie, Stephen J. B. O'Leary, Rebecca E. Wagner, Tyra Cross, Andrea Coulter,Christoph Borchers, Robert W. Olafson, Patrick von Aderkas 2013, 'Application of Proteomics to the Study of Pollination Drops', Applications in Plant Scienceshttp://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3732/apps.1300008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A micropipette, amplifier, peak detector, and microprocessor have been built in-house.
Dmitri Ivnitski, Ravil Sitdikov, Natalia Ivnitski 2003, 'Non-invasive electrochemical hand-held biosensor as diagnostic indicator of dentaldiseases', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248103000237. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Validation of the here introduced method was achieved by the hydrostatic step-pressure micropipette manipulation technique.
Rita Salánki, Csaba Hős, Norbert Orgovan, Beatrix Péter, Noémi Sándor, Zsuzsa Bajtay,Anna Erdei, Robert Horvath, Bálint Szabó 2014, 'Single cell adhesion assay using computer controlled micropipette.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4208850?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The current popular robotic method uses an injection micropipette to rotate cells.
Chunlin Zhao, Yaowei Liu, Mingzhu Sun, Xin Zhao 2018, 'Robotic Cell Rotation Based on Optimal Poking Direction', Micromachineshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/4/141. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We discuss the possible relation between the observed mechanical behavior of cells aspirated inside a micropipette and apoptosis.
Alessandro Di Cerbo, Valentina Rubino, Francesca Morelli, Giuseppina Ruggiero, RosariaLandi, Gianandrea Guidetti, Sergio Canello, Giuseppe Terrazzano, Andrea Alessandrini 2018, 'Mechanical phenotyping of K562 cells by the Micropipette Aspiration Technique allowsidentifying mechanical changes induced by drugs', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-19563-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, biological applications for a recently developed loading technique for a force- and pressure-controlled fluidic force microscope micropipetteare described.
Phillip Roder, Carsten Hille 2018, 'Local tissue manipulation via a force- and pressure-controlled AFM micropipette foranalysis of cellular processes', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-24255-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among the various techniques of erythrocyte deformability analysis, such as micropipette aspiration, filtration and reoscopy, we chose ektacytometry.
Giuseppina M. Patavino, Paulo A. Silveira, Sandra F. M. Gualandro, Iara K. Yokomizo,Deise M. T. Moromizato 2006, 'Deformabilidade eritrocitária na anemia ferropriva Erythrocyte deformability in irondeficiency', Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842006000400007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)