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freeze fracture
noun
Definition of FREEZE FRACTURE
: preparation of a specimen (as of tissue) for examination by an electron microscope after freezing, fracturing along natural structural lines, and preparing a replica (as by simultaneous vapor deposition of carbon and platinum)
— freeze–frac·ture adjective
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First Known Use of FREEZE FRACTURE
1973
Rhymes with FREEZE FRACTURE
Medical Dictionary
freeze fracture
noun
Medical Definition of FREEZE FRACTURE
—freeze–fracture transitive verb
Variants of FREEZE FRACTURE
freeze fracture also freeze–fracturing
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