isolate (redirected from isolating)

isolate /iso·late/ (i´sah-lāt)

1. to separate from others.

2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecologic, social, or artificial barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind.

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i·so·late (s-lt)

v.

1. To set apart or cut off from others.

2. To place in quarantine.

3. To separate a pure strain from a mixed bacterial or fungal culture.

4. To separate or remove a chemical substance out of a combined mixture.

5. To separate experiences or memories from the emotions relating to them.

n. (-lt, -lt)

A bacterial or fungal strain that has been isolated.

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iso·lator n.

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isolate

[ī′səlāt]

Etymology: It, isolare, to detach

1 to separate a pure chemical substance from a mixture.

2 to derive from any source a pure culture of a microorganism.

3 to prevent an individual from having contact with the rest of a population.

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isolate (īˑ·s·lt),

n the term for a single component, which has been separated from a volatile mixture.

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isolate

1. to separate from others, or set apart.

2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecological or social barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind.

3. a population of microorganisms that has been obtained in pure culture from a field case or location.