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cytometry - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun The counting and measuring of cells, especially the counting and analysis of cell size, morphology, and other characteristics, traditionally performed using a standardized glass slide or small glass chamber of known volume.
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noun biology The measurement or the counting of cells
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These assays are performed by flow cytometry using several comprehensive panels of monoclonal antibodies including specific markers for lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes.
Immunology Lab 2010
The flow cytometry based DHR assay is used to evaluate the oxidative metabolism of phagocytes.
Immunology Lab 2010
If you want to review the science behind flow cytometry , Dr. Shannon Sovndal wrote a terrific summary of the method for VeloNews.com back in 2004.
The Explainer: Plastics 2011
The Immunology Lab also offersa flow cytometry based test for Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS).
Immunology Lab 2010
Like flow cytometry , gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the technologies used to detect the presence of the chemicals used in the production of plastic, are well established.
The Explainer: Plastics 2011
The first flow cytometry machine was developed in 1953 and the technology had been effectively used by hospitals to sub-type blood groups to ensure greater compatibility with donated blood for about 30 years before it was used for other purposes by WADA.
The Explainer: Plastics 2011
Cellular: lymphocyte proliferation, flow cytometry
Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship 2010
Immunology Laboratory: tissue biopsies, body fluids, bone marrow aspirate, and peripheral blood for flow cytometry for leukemia, lymphoma, ALPS (autoimmune lymphoproliferative disorder), and DHR (chronic granulomatous disease).
Hematopathology 2010
But even six years ago, flow cytometry was nowhere near being an infant technology.
The Explainer: Plastics 2011
The application of flow cytometry to doping was actually pretty straightforward.
The Explainer: Plastics 2011
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