Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device for manipulating minute instruments and needles under a microscope in order to perform delicate procedures, such as microsurgery.
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- noun a device, used for
micromanipulation , consisting ofmicroscopic needles andinstruments viewed through amicroscope
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After the DNA gene for the protein drug has been coupled with the mammary directing signal, this DNA is injected into fertilized cow, sheep, goat, or mouse embryos with the aid of a very fine needle, a tool called a micromanipulator, and a microscope (Figure 2).
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Hersch and Don loaned me a micromanipulator to start my work.
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Huxley has also developed a microtome for electron microscope sections, and a micromanipulator.
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Below them was a micromanipulator, dragon style; other pieces of apparatus and power tools filled the rest of the room.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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More than an hour later the tiny hands of the micromanipulator stretched out their prize-four feet of steel wire so gossamer fine that it could not be seen at all by naked eye, even by a dragon.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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Sir Isaac was at the micromanipulator, his tendrils at the controls; down over his head fitted a frame with eight eyepieces.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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Position 1: Set up, develop and execute simultaneous opto-electric measurements by combining a voltage amplifier, a micromanipulator and a fluorescence microscope with single dye sensitivity for investigating
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Position 1: Set up, develop and execute simultaneous opto-electric measurements by combining a voltage amplifier, a micromanipulator and a fluorescence microscope with single dye sensitivity for investigating
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Position 1: Set up, develop and execute simultaneous opto-electric measurements by combining a voltage amplifier, a micromanipulator and a fluorescence microscope with single dye sensitivity for investigating
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The probe, as an electromagnet, can produce variable magnetic fields, as well as pulsed fields, and can be used in combination with a microscope for visualization, a micromanipulator for spatial control and a catheter or endoscope for medical purposes.
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