"thermal cycler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thermal cyclers [plural]
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  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. Wikipedia link: thermal cycler Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (laboratory device): termosykleri (Finnish), PCR-laite (Finnish)

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