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 • Jul. 16, 2021

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 • Feb. 18, 2021

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 • May 21, 2018

Chisholm and her first postdoc Robert Olson decided to sieve seawater with a flow cytometer, a laboratory device that uses a laser to view and sort individual cells, to learn more about them.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2017

After adding a fluorescent dye that attaches to DNA, Jeffrey loaded the vial into a boxy device called a flow cytometer, which sprayed the onion juice and blood through a laser beam.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015