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Descriptor English: Cryoultramicrotomy
Descriptor Spanish: Crioultramicrotomía
Descriptor crioultramicrotomía
Entry term(s) crioseccionamiento
Scope note: Técnica que usa un criostato o micrótomo de congelación, en la que la temperatura se regula a -20 grados Celsius, para cortar secciones ultrafinas congeladas para examen microscópico (generalmente microscopio electrónico).
Descriptor Portuguese: Crioultramicrotomia
Descriptor French: Cryo-ultramicrotomie
Entry term(s): Cryosectioning
Freeze Sectioning
Sectioning, Freeze
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.500.620.530.160
E01.370.225.750.600.530.160
E05.200.500.620.530.160
E05.200.750.600.530.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016616
Scope note: The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Microtomy (1975-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30168
Unique ID: D016616
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/24
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Cryoultramicrotomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0025334
Scope note The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.
Preferred term Cryoultramicrotomy
Entry term(s) Cryosectioning
Freeze Sectioning
Sectioning, Freeze



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