sonicative

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adjective

Pertaining to sonication.

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Meanings

adjectivesonicative (comparative more sonicative, superlative most sonicative)

comparative more sonicative · superlative most sonicative

  1. Pertaining to sonication.

    Later we found pyridinium chlorochromate, (PCC) to be an effective oxidative reagent when a sonicative work up procedure is used.

    1990, WV Murray, “Synthesis of 3‐(1,5‐diphenyl‐3‐pyrazolyl)aryl propanoates”, in Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
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    The ability of glutaraldehyde cross-linked DNA condensates to protect DNA from sonicative destruction in the presence of sodium chloride was evaluated by gel electrophoresis.

    1999, Wendy Turner Collard, Formulation and in vivo analysis of a low-molecular-weight liver-targeted nonviral gene delivery system

Origin

From sonicate + -ive.

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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