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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 the light passing through a stained section of tissue in order to analyze the compounds within its cells

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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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