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flow cytometer
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A flow_cytometer is an instrument for counting, examining and sorting microscopic particles in suspension. It allows simultaneous multiparametric analysis of the physical and/or chemical characteristics of single cells flowing through an optical and/or electronic detection apparatus. A flow cytometer is an instrument that can be used to quantitatively measure the properties of individual cells in a flowing medium.
Term info
Label
flow cytometer
definition source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_cytometer
editor preferred term
flow cytometer
example of usage
FACS Calibur
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000122
term editor
John Quinn
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cytometer
- has part some flow cell
- has part some obscuration bar
- has part some photodetector
- has part some light source
- has part some droplet sorter
- has part some optical filter
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