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- noun metrology An
SI unit of mass equal to 10−18grams .
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atto- + gram
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Nanocantilever biosensors are easily multiplexed and can achieve attogram level sensitivity, so they are particularly well-suited to disease screening, point mutation analysis, blood glucose monitoring, and chemical and biological warfare agent detection.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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