- microrespirometer
- An apparatus for measuring the utilization of oxygen by small particles of isolated tissues or cells or particles of cells.
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mi·cro·res·pi·rom·e·ter -.res-pə-'räm-ət-ər n an apparatus for the quantitative study of the respiratory activity of minute amounts of living material (as individual cells or protozoans)* * *
mi·cro·res·pi·rom·e·ter (mi″kro-res″pĭ-romґə-tər) an apparatus for investigating the oxygen utilization of isolated tissues.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
