microirradiation

noun

irradiation of a very small area, typically by means of a laser

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Meanings

nounmicroirradiation (countable and uncountable, plural microirradiations)

plural microirradiations

  1. countableuncountableirradiation of a very small area, typically by means of a laser

    Before and after microirradiation, confocal image series of one mid z-section were recorded at 1 s time interval (5 or 9 pre-irradiation and 100 or 130 post-irradiation frames).

    2016 March 8, “A New Nanobody-Based Biosensor to Study Endogenous PARP1 In Vitro and in Live Human Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + irradiation.

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