FREEZE ETCHING

Domain	Definition
Health	A replica technique in which cells are frozen to a very low temperature and cracked with a knife blade to expose the interior surfaces of the cells or cell membranes. The cracked cell surfaces are then freeze-dried to expose their constituents. The surfaces are now ready for shadowing to be viewed using an electron microscope. This method differs from freeze-fracturing in that no cryoprotectant is used and, thus, allows for the sublimation of water during the freeze-drying process to etch the surfaces. (references)
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Anagrams: FREEZE ETCHING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-g-h-i-n-r-t-z"
	-4 letters: energetic, refecting.
	-5 letters: cheering, eighteen, energize, erecting, eternize, etherize, fetching, freezing, frenetic, frighten, gentrice, infecter, reinfect, retching.
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