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pipette

or pi·pet

[ pahy-pet, pi- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.

, pi·pet·ted, pi·pet·ting.

pipette

/ pɪˈpɛt /

a calibrated glass tube drawn to a fine bore at one end, filled by sucking liquid into the bulb, and used to transfer or measure known volumes of liquid

pipette

/ pī-pĕt′ /

A graduated narrow glass tube, often with an enlarged bulb, used for transferring measured volumes of liquids.

Origin of pipette¹

From French, dating back to 1830–40; pipe ¹, -ette

Origin of pipette¹

C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe ¹

The only problem is that they don’t have enough pipette tips due to a national shortage.

Take a sterile capillary pipette (Fig. 13, c); break off the sealed extremity with a pair of sterile forceps.

With another pipette run in an equal quantity of the caustic soda solution.

Transfer the washed cells to a sterile capsule by means of a sterile pipette.

Open the thorax with all aseptic precautions, and collect as much blood as possible from the heart with a sterile Pasteur pipette.

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