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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Any device used in counting cells: employed frequently in the special sense of hemacytometer.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A graduated microscope slide or similar small vessel used for counting or measuring cells
  2. n. An automated device used for the same purpose

Examples

  • “The flow cytometer uses a laser to light up cells if the cells express certain markers that should not, in normal circumstances, be present on the T cells.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

  • “As is standard in this sort of research, they used a machine known as a flow cytometer to examine the surface of cells from the mouse, taken from immune-system organs such as the lymph nodes and the spleen.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

  • “Specifically, the flow cytometer told Gilbert that in the mice exposed to TCE, a T-cell activation molecule, CD44, was acting differently than it would have if there had been no autogen.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

  • “Hmmm...is it bad that I'm just sitting here watching the cytometer clean instead of going back to lab and trying to look busy?”

    A little whining, a little updating

  • “I've spent a lot of time genotyping mice and/or sitting in front of a cytometer, so you have my sympathies!”

    A little whining, a little updating

  • “Then I broke the experiment down into smaller pieces and made him understand that for what my committee wanted to learn, I had to use this new cytometer that uses more colors.”

    Archive 2007-10-01

  • “Earlier today I went to sign up for the flow cytometer.”

    Archive 2007-06-01

  • “But the software for this cytometer is completely different.”

    Archive 2007-10-01

  • “There is so much I could have done, but since I have no intentions of learning a new system and a complicated machine from scratch I will stick with my old 4-color flow cytometer.”

    I'm speechless but I shouldn't be

  • “Kiwi wanted me to stay with the machine I use now and didn't like the idea of my using a different cytometer.”

    Archive 2007-10-01

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