clinostat

/ ˈklaɪnəʊˌstæt /

noun

1. an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides

Example Sentences

But if those cells prove effective at healing the heart, she is hoping to test whether microgravity—even just a weeklong spin in the clinostat—could boost their powers further.

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Transplant immunologist Mary Kearns-Jonker of Loma Linda University in California has been experimenting with simulated microgravity by sticking cardiac progenitor cells—tissue-specific stem cells that can develop into heart muscle—into a device called a clinostat, which rotates them constantly to minimize gravitational force.

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