thermal cycler

English

Noun

thermal cycler (plural thermal cyclers)

1. (genetics) A laboratory device in which a polymerase chain reaction is carried out repeatedly in cycles which in turn amplifies the sample DNA segments. The instrument contains a thermal block which contains the DNA samples and can precisely control the internal temperature.

Translations

laboratory device

• Finnish: termosykleri, PCR-laite

Reference : Thermal Cycler online educational resource.