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soak

1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. (isa. Xxiv. 7)

3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. (Sir W. Scott)

5. To absorb; to drain.

Origin: OE. Soken, AS. Socian to sioak, steep, fr. Scan, sgan, to suck. See Suck.


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pH of medium for lymphocyte

I think I will use PBS 7.4 instead of HBSS to soak my thymocytes, as the staining (trypan blue) is dissolved in PBS. Or is that ok to keep them in HBSS and then pour the dye, which is in PBS environment? :?

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by DoctorStein
Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:02 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: pH of medium for lymphocyte
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Re: Human Collembola Infestations

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Colchicine

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by Cristgonz
Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:19 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Colchicine
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Colchicine

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by kclo4x
Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:26 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Colchicine
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