CENTRIFUGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centrifugation mean? 

• CENTRIFUGATION (noun)
  The noun CENTRIFUGATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge

  Familiarity information: CENTRIFUGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRIFUGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("centrifugation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centrifugation"):

ultracentrifugation (centrifugation at very high speeds)

Derivation:

centrifuge (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)

 Context examples 

The liquid lying above a liquid, solid or semi-solid residue, which is separated by crystallization, precipitation or centrifugation of a plasma sample.

(Plasma Supernatant, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma sample that is prepared from whole blood, which has undergone a number of centrifugation steps to decrease the amount of platelets.

(Platelet-poor Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma sample that is prepared from whole blood, which has undergone a number of centrifugation steps to concentrate the amount of platelets.

(Platelet-rich Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

The liquid, solid or semi-solid lying below a liquid residue, which is separated by crystallization, precipitation or centrifugation of a plasma sample.

(Plasma Infranatant, NCI Thesaurus)

The liquid, solid or semi-solid lying below a liquid residue, which is separated by crystallization, precipitation or centrifugation of a biological sample.

(Infrantant, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper clear layer of fluid which is separated from a blood clot following density gradient centrifugation.

(Buffy Coat, NCI Thesaurus)

A process using centrifugation of whole blood to obtain a white blood cell layer highly enriched for neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes and progenitor cells.

(Buffy Coat Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include cell affinity chromatography and centrifugation using density gradients.

(Cell Sorting, NCI Thesaurus)

A centrifugation technique that utilizes photographic capability to determine the time it takes a particle to travel through a centrifuge cell under standard conditions.

(Analytical Centrifugation, NCI Thesaurus)