acoustophoresis

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noun

acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium

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Meanings

nounacoustophoresis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableacoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium

    Recently, several groups have been developing microfluidic devices to isolate CTCs from normal blood components, for example, by using antibody coated microposts, dielectrophoresis, size-based separation by a microfilter or acoustophoresis, etc.

    2015 November 12, “Cancer Cell Analyses at the Single Cell-Level Using Electroactive Microwell Array Device”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From acousto- + phoresis.

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