cytometry

American  

[sahy-tahm-uh-tree] / saɪˈtɑm ə tri /

noun

1. Cell Biology. the measurement and analysis of cells, especially by using a flow cytometer (flow cytometry) to identify cell types and assess their size, number, and other properties.

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cytometry Scientific  

/ sī-tŏm′ĭ-trē /

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• cytometrist
  noun
• cytometric
  adjective
• cytometrically
  adverb

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cytometry

To examine what was happening inside individual cells, Chai used live cell microscopy and flow cytometry, a technique that uses lasers to analyze and separate cells.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Additional techniques provided deeper insights, including flow cytometry, ex vivo expansion, RNA-seq, assay for transposase-accessible chromatin-seq, high-resolution imaging, metabolic testing, and detailed studies of mitochondria.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026

The researchers used flow cytometry, a laser-based technique that analyzes cell characteristics, to tally the fern’s whopping 160 billion base pairs.

From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2024

On Earth, the technique that scientists use to sort cells by size is called flow cytometry, and it is used frequently in marine environments.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 16, 2021

Over the past eight to nine years, mass cytometry, which uses metal ions to label the cells, has offered more-detailed glimpses into immune responses to diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis and malaria.

From Nature ● May 21, 2018