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An optical device which measures the light passing through a stained section of tissue in order to analyze the compounds within its cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: light meter, exposure meter, photometer
History
Etymology tree English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English -meter English cytophotometer From cyto- + photo- + -meter.
