ultracentrifuge

verb

ultracentrifuged; ultracentrifuging; ultracentrifuges

transitive verb

: to subject to an ultracentrifuge

ultracentrifugation

ˌəl-trə-ˌsen-trə-fyu̇-ˈgā-shən 

noun

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ultracentrifuge

• centrifuge
• febrifuge
• subterfuge
• huge
• kluge
• scrooge
• stooge

Medical Definition

ultracentrifuge

1 of 2 noun

ul·​tra·​cen·​tri·​fuge -ˈsen-trə-ˌfyüj 

: a high-speed centrifuge able to sediment colloidal and other small particles and used especially in determining sizes of such particles and molecular weights of large molecules

ultracentrifuge

2 of 2 transitive verb

ultracentrifuged; ultracentrifuging

: to subject to centrifugal action in an ultracentrifuge

ultracentrifuge blood plasma