Medical Definition of Critical point drying

1. A method for preparing specimens for the scanning electron microscope that avoids the problems of shrinkage caused by normal drying procedures. Water in the specimen is replaced by an intermediate fluid, for example liquid carbon dioxide, avoiding setting up a liquid/gas interface and then the second fluid is allowed to vaporise by raising the temperature above the critical point, the temperature at which the liquid state no longer occurs. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Critical Point Drying

critical illness polyneuropathy
critical incident stress management
critical load
critical loads
critical micelle concentration
critical opalescence
critical organ
critical pH
critical path
critical paths
critical pathway
critical period
critical point
critical point drying (current term)
critical pressure
critical rate
critical rationalism
critical review
critical section
critical temperature
critical theory
critical thinking
critical tide level
critical update
critical velocity
criticalities
criticality
critically

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