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microcytotoxicity test

noun mi·cro·cy·to·tox·ic·i·ty test \-ˌsīt-ō-ˌtäk-ˈsis-ət-ē-\

Medical Definition of MICROCYTOTOXICITY TEST

:  a procedure using microscopic quantities of materials (as complement and lymphocytes in cell-mediated immunity) to determine cytotoxicity (as to cancer cells or cells of transplanted tissue)—called also microcytotoxicity assay

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