FACS
- Biology. fluorescence-activated cell sorter: a machine that sorts cells according to whether or not they have been tagged with antibodies carrying a fluorescent dye, separating the cells mechanically in a vibrating nozzle, imparting a positive or negative charge to cells that fluoresce, and then passing the cells through an electric field to deflect them into appropriate containers.
- Also F.A.C.S. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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This is ‘a fac,’ as Artemus Ward would say, and ‘facs’ are stubborn things.
East AngliaJ. Ewing Ritchie
Face the facs, Martha, face the facs, I tell myselfan I done it.
The RanchmanCharles Alden Seltzer
Aint no use for to try an fool the facs, honeynot one bit of use!
The RanchmanCharles Alden Seltzer
FACS
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
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