flow cytometer

American  

[floh-sahy-tah-muht-er] / ˈfloʊ saɪˌtɑ mət ər /

noun

plural

flow cytometers

1. an instrument that identifies, counts, and measures different types of cells and their components as the cells pass through a laser beam after being stained with fluorescent dye.

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Other Word Forms

• flow cytometric adjective

Example Sentences

To capture such organisms in the first place would require careful filtering and then a refined flow cytometer that would measure particles of this size range.

From Scientific American

These cells are extracted from blood samples and chemically tagged with various fluorescent markers — allowing each type of cell to be counted with a laser, inside a boxy device called a flow cytometer.

From Seattle Times

Finally, Bryan had a breakthrough: the protein bound to lymphocytes in a flow cytometer.

From Nature

Because federal rules require all purchases to go through Panamanian distributors, with pre-audits of all her spending choices, it took her about 18 months to secure a flow cytometer for her research into the immune system.

From Nature

Once mass cytometry reveals which cells and molecules to focus on, however, a flow cytometer often proves more useful for follow-up analysis.

From Nature