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

Example Sentences

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

Doing that involved a combination of flow cytometry -- a laser-based technique used to detect and analyse the chemical and physical characteristics of cells or particles -- and light microscopes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 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

The 2017 study demonstrates that the approach also works well for single-cell data — in this case, data collected by mass cytometry.

From Nature • Jun. 29, 2020