Medical Device
cryostat
cry·o·stat [ krahy-uh-stat ]
Definitions related to cryostat:
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An instrument designed to cut frozen tissue specimens on the order of micron-scale thickness, generally for the purposes of histolgical evaluation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level; in pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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