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Centrifugation

"Centrifugation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Process of using a rotating machine to generate centrifugal force to separate substances of different densities, remove moisture, or simulate gravitational effects. It employs a large motor-driven apparatus with a long arm, at the end of which human and animal subjects, biological specimens, or equipment can be revolved and rotated at various speeds to study gravitational effects. (From Websters, 10th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Centrifugation" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Centrifugation" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 51 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2013
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