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mass spectrometry

noun

Medical Definition of MASS SPECTROMETRY

:  an instrumental method for identifying the chemical constitution of a substance by means of the separation of gaseous ions according to their differing mass and charge—called also mass spectroscopy
mass spectrometric adjective
mass spectrometrically adverb

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