Boyden chamber
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Boyden chamber
A chamber used to measure chemotaxis, especially of leukocytes.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Boyden chamber
(boyd′ĕn)A chamber used to measure chemotaxis. Cells are placed on one side of a membrane and chemotactic material on the other. The number of cells migrating to the filter quantitates the chemotactic effect.
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