Definition of desiccator in English:
desiccator
noun ˈdɛsɪkeɪtəˈdɛsəˌkeɪdər
A glass container or other apparatus holding a drying agent for removing moisture from specimens and protecting them from water vapour in the air.
Example sentencesExamples
- The supernatant was discarded and the pellets were dried in a desiccator over silica gel for 24 h and then extracted for the various assays.
- Treatment of tissue samples with the mineral oil/paraffin mixture and the 4 final impregnation steps were carried out in a large desiccator resting in a glycerin bath.
- The resuspended pellets were placed into 35 mm petri-dishes and then sealed in a desiccator over silica-gel at 30°C for 58 days.
- These treated slides were placed in a vacuum desiccator for 12 h to remove all traces of chloroform.
- Prior to radiation treatments, seed moisture was equilibrated to 12.5% in an airtight desiccator with a solution of 60% glycerol for 5 days.
Definition of desiccator in US English:
desiccator
nounˈdɛsəˌkeɪdərˈdesəˌkādər
A glass container or other apparatus holding a drying agent for removing moisture from specimens and protecting them from water vapor in the air.
Example sentencesExamples
- Treatment of tissue samples with the mineral oil/paraffin mixture and the 4 final impregnation steps were carried out in a large desiccator resting in a glycerin bath.
- These treated slides were placed in a vacuum desiccator for 12 h to remove all traces of chloroform.
- The resuspended pellets were placed into 35 mm petri-dishes and then sealed in a desiccator over silica-gel at 30°C for 58 days.
- Prior to radiation treatments, seed moisture was equilibrated to 12.5% in an airtight desiccator with a solution of 60% glycerol for 5 days.
- The supernatant was discarded and the pellets were dried in a desiccator over silica gel for 24 h and then extracted for the various assays.