hemocytometer
/ˌhimoʊsaɪˈtɑmɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And helping to record data of such exacting minuteness, Patrick felt, as he often felt in the midst of such experiments, which were essentially the counting of microbe cells with a high-tech hemocytometer, as if he were an intruder into a world that, if he descended into it for a split second, would devour him rapaciously, reducing him to mere chemicals and a throbbing current called “life.”"
- "Semen volume was assessed by weight, and sperm concentration was determined using a Bürker-Türk hemocytometer (Paul Marienfeld GmbH & Co. KG, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany)."
- "Cell viability before freezing or after recovery was determined using a hemocytometer to enumerate 1000 cells by Trypan Blue vital stain method (Qi et al., 2007)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English hemo- Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English hemocytometer From hemo- + cyto- + -meter.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhimoʊsaɪˈtɑmɪtɚ/
- British English: /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)saɪˈtɒmɪtə/