ultracentrifuge

noun

a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins

verb

subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge

Roots

ultraultra- · Latin · beyond centrumcentri- · Latin · center fugerefuge- · Latin · to flee

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