FACS

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Biology. fluorescence-activated cell sorter: a machine that sorts cells according to whether or not they have been tagged with antibodies carrying a fluorescent dye, separating the cells mechanically in a vibrating nozzle, imparting a positive or negative charge to cells that fluoresce, and then passing the cells through an electric field to deflect them into appropriate containers.

Also F.A.C.S. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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Words nearby FACS

facing, facing tool, façon, faconne, F.A.C.P., FACS, facsim., facsimile, facsimile catalog, facsimile machine, facsimile transmission

How to use FACS in a sentence

This is ‘a fac,’ as Artemus Ward would say, and ‘facs’ are stubborn things.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
Face the facs, Martha, face the facs, I tell myselfan I done it.
The Ranchman|Charles Alden Seltzer
Aint no use for to try an fool the facs, honeynot one bit of use!
The Ranchman|Charles Alden Seltzer
We got enough facs now to point purty conclusive to who done it.
The Corner House Girls Snowbound|Grace Brooks Hill