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Hemocytometer

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hemocytometer /he·mo·cy·tom·e·ter/ (-si-tom´ĕ-ter) hemacytometer.
he·mo·cy·tom·e·ter (hm-s-tm-tr)
n.
An instrument for counting the blood cells in a measured volume of blood. Also called hemacytometer.
Hemocytometer
An instrument used to count platelets or other blood cells.
Mentioned in: Platelet Count
hemocytometer
an instrument used in counting blood cells, commonly applied to a combination of counting chambers with coverglasses and pipettes for erythrocytes and leukocytes, all meeting established specifications.


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6% crystal violet in 4% acetic acid and counted in a hemocytometer to obtain the total cell count.
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Because, we believe, it is almost impossible to count bacteria in a hemocytometer and because by using this method both viable and nonviable organisms would be counted, a significant number of organisms in the culture may not have been viable after overnight incubation.
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The manual hemocytometer method, by comparison, typically measures less than one hundred cells and is very subjective.
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