Medical Term:
dilution
Pronunciation: dī-lū′shŭn
Definition:
- The act of being diluted.
- A diluted solution or mixture.
- In microbiologic techniques, a method for counting the number of viable cells in a suspension; a sample is diluted to the point where an aliquot, when plated, yields a countable number of separate colonies.
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
