Medical Definition of Tissue culture plastic
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| Polystyrene that has been rendered wettable by oxidation, a treatment that increases its adhesiveness for cells from animal tissues and without which anchorage dependent cells will not grow. Commercially achieved by treatment known as glow discharge.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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