transwell
English edit
Etymology edit
trans- + well, originally from the Transwell brand of inserts.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
transwell (plural transwells)
- (medicine, microbiology) A membrane insert used for cell cultures, between agar wells.
- 2005, Melanie T. Cushion, Peter D. Walzer, Pneumocystis Pneumonia[1], page 655:
- In one experiment, Pneumocystis was inoculated into transwells and treated according to the cultivation protocol for 56 days (Table 4).