microtainer

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noun

A very small container for biological material.

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Meanings

nounmicrotainer (plural microtainers)

plural microtainers

  1. A very small container for biological material.

    At every time point, a 500-μL sample of whole blood was taken from each participant in to a microtainer coated with K 2 EDTA (Becton Dickinson ref: 365974).

    2015 September 18, “The Impact of Sleep Restriction and Simulated Physical Firefighting Work on Acute Inflammatory Stress Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

micro- + container

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

minireactor
Cite this entry
APA

microtainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtainer

MLA

“microtainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microtainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtainer.

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