Baermann concentration

(bār'măn),

preparation that relies on the principle that active nematode larvae will migrate from a fresh fecal specimen through several layers of gauze into tap water from which the larvae can be recovered by centrifugation.

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Ba·er·mann con·cen·tra·tion

(bā'er-mahn kon-sĕn-trā'shŭn)

Preparation that relies on the principle that active nematode larvae will migrate from a fresh fecal specimen through several layers of gauze into tap water, from which the larvae can be recovered by centrifugation.

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