• A laboratory technique used to separate different substances in a mixture. A gas or a liquid is used to pass the mixture through a column, paper, or special plate that contains absorbing materials. The substances in the mixture are separated based on how far they move through the material. The different substances may be visible to the eye or detected by a special machine.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A technique for the separation of complex mixtures that relies on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Diverse group of techniques used to separate mixtures of substances based on differences in relative affinities for two different media, one a mobile phase and the other a stationary or sorbent phase.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Techniques used to separate mixtures of substances based on differences in the relative affinities of the substances for mobile and stationary phases. A mobile phase (fluid or gas) passes through a column containing a stationary phase of porous solid or liquid coated on a solid support. Usage is both analytical for small amounts and preparative for bulk amounts.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021