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cryostat

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cryostat /cryo·stat/ (kri´o-stat)
1. a device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level.
2. in pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue.

cryostat
[krī′ōstat]
Etymology: Gk, kryos + statos, standing
a device used in surgical treatment of pathologic disorders that consists of a special microtome used for freezing and slicing sections of tissue for study by a surgical pathologist. See also microtome.

cryostat
1. a device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level.
2. in pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue.


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Circulator line consists of a full line of Haake and Neslab bath circulators, recirculating chillers, heat exchangers, immersion coolers, and cryostats covering temperatures from -90[degrees] C to 300[degrees] C.
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To establish whether abnormal behavioral activities were related to neuronal damage, fish treated in the same manner as in the behavioral study with sublethal (n = 3) and MAT (n = 3) concentrations of Cd and endosulfan were decapitated and their brains quickly removed (within 30 sec) and stored at -40[degrees]C according to common cryostat procedures for unfixed brains (Canonaco et al.
 
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