Mil|li|pore

Mil|li|pore
Mil|li|pore «MIHL uh pr, -pohr», noun.
Trademark. a plastic, semipermeable membrane of molecular dimension, used to filter bacteria from water, air, or other fluid, and in surgical operations to repair and protect tissues: »

The apparatus consisted of a Millipore filter soaked in haemoglobin solution (New Scientist).


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  • millepore — mil•le•pore [[t]ˈmɪl əˌpɔr, ˌpoʊr[/t]] n. mcr a hydrozoan of the genus Millepora that inhabits tropical seas and builds perforated corallike reefs • Etymology: 1745–55; < NL, = L mille thousand + pora passage; see pore II …   From formal English to slang

  • Millepore — Mil le*pore (m[i^]l l[ e]*p[=o]r), n. [L. mille thousand + porus pore: cf. F. mill[ e]pore.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • millépore — (mil lé po r ) s. m. Terme d histoire naturelle. Genre de polypiers pierreux dont la surface est creusée d une multitude de pores. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Mille, et pore …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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