filtertop

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noun

The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.

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Meanings

nounfiltertop (plural filtertops)

plural filtertops

  1. The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.

    To avoid further problems, animals were housed in shoebox cages with filtertops in a laminar-flow cabinet within an isolation cubicle. All caging, feed, water, and bedding were autoclaved before use.

    1983, Laboratory Animal Science, page 502

Origin

From filter + top.

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Chicago

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