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microarray

/ˌmaɪkrəˈreɪ/ noun · British & US
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What does microarray mean?

noun

A microarray is a laboratory tool used to study the expression of many genes simultaneously. It is a type of biochip that contains thousands of identical copies of a specific DNA sequence.

Example

"The researchers used a microarray to analyze the gene expression of cancer cells."

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