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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy

Preferred term

Cryoultramicrotomy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.

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Entry terms

  • Cryosectioning
  • Freeze Sectioning

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In other languages

  • Cryo-ultramicrotomie

    French

  • Préparation de coupes fines congelées
  • Préparation de coupes minces congelées

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z2PM7WTH-4

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