sonicate

sonicate
To expose a suspension of cells or microbes to the disruptive effect of the energy of high frequency sound waves.

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son·i·cate 'sän-ə-.kāt vt, -cat·ed; -cat·ing to disrupt (as bacterial cells) by exposure to high-frequency sound waves
son·i·ca·tion .sän-ə-'kā-shən n
son·i·cate -kət n a product of sonication <a bacterial \sonicate>

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son·i·cate (sonґĭ-kāt) 1. to expose to sound waves. 2. to disrupt bacteria by exposure to high-frequency sound waves. 3. the products of such disruption.

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