microinjection

[ mahy-kroh-in-jek-shuhn ]

nounBiology.
  1. injection performed under a microscope, especially of a solution or gene transplant into a cell or cell part.

Origin of microinjection

1
First recorded in 1920–25; micro- + injection

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