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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used to identify and locate the chemical compounds within a cell by measuring the intensity of light passing through stained sections of the cytoplasm.
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- noun biology An
optical device which measures thelight passing through astained section oftissue in order toanalyze thecompounds within itscells
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- noun a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm
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