Definition of Coverslips

1. Noun. (plural of coverslip) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coverslips

1. coverslip [n] - See also: coverslip

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coverslips

coverlet
coverlets
coverlid
coverlids
covermeter
covermeters
covermount
covermounts
covers
coversed sine
coversin
coversine
coversines
coverslip
coverslipped
coverslips (current term)
coverstock
coverstocks
covert
covert-coat
covert baron
covert operation
covert sensitization
covertape
covertapes
covertex
covertices
covertly
covertness
covertnesses

Literary usage of Coverslips

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Gynecology (1903)
"The following organisms were demonstrated in coverslips and cultures: B. coli ... In 3 cases no organisms were demonstrated either in coverslips or in ..."

2. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1898)
"In from five to eight days' incubation at the temperature of the room (about 23°C) growths were obtained from all these fumigated coverslips except those ..."

3. The Mycology of the Mouth: A Text-book of Oral Bacteria by Sir Kenneth Weldon Goadby (1903)
"coverslips.—For smear preparations the coverslips must be entirely free from grease, &c., otherwise good specimens cannot be obtained. ..."

4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"Examination of coverslips made from the colonies, stained by aqueous solution ... In the coverslips made from other portions of the lungs the rods are much ..."

5. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"... Schaudinn suspended coverslips by means of threads, so arranged that the lower borders of the coverslips were separated by about 2 cm. from the stratum ..."

6. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"For the manipulation of bacteria for such study, glass slides and coverslips of various design are used. These must be perfectly clean if the preparations ..."

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