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centrifugation

noun

centrifugation

noun

Etymology From centrifuge + -ation.

1

The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.

  • “Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 339:
Derived terms
centrifugational, cryocentrifugation, cytocentrifugation, microcentrifugation, postcentrifugation, recentrifugation, ultracentrifugation

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