microtainer

English

Etymology

Blend of micro +‎ container

Noun

microtainer (plural microtainers)

  1. A very small container for biological material.
    • 2015 September 18, “The Impact of Sleep Restriction and Simulated Physical Firefighting Work on Acute Inflammatory Stress Responses”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      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).

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