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cover slip

noun

  1. Microscopy. cover glass.


cover slip

noun

  1. a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cover slip1

First recorded in 1850–55
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To observe the granules’ movements, Brangwynne squeezed worm gonads that harbor the structures between two microscope cover slips.

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He and his colleagues removed the organs of Corti, home of the hair bundles, from the ears of mouse pups, and cultured them on microscope-slide cover slips.

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From then on, she had to wear socks and long pants to bed under her nightgown -- even in the summer -- lest the bed cover slip off and expose here bare skin to her stepfather.

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I was led to this after inspecting and rejecting four ounces of microscope cover slips, a most wearisome process.

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I then separated the ether carefully from the rest of the blood mixture and put a few drops of it on a slide, covered them with a cover slip and sealed the edges with balsam.

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