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Meaning of patch clamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells.

Examples

“We have shown that the extracellular patch clamp can be reliably used to detect extremely small currents flowing through biological membranes.”
“The effect of cenobamate on various human sodium channels (Naᵥ1.1‐Naᵥ1.8) was characterized using automated patch clamp on stably expressing cells (n = 3–4).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

patch file patch ice patch panel patch pocket patch test Patch-board

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