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Ames test

Syllabification: (Ames test)
Pronunciation: /ˈāmz/

Definition of Ames test

noun

Medicine
  • a test to determine the mutagenic activity of chemicals by observing whether they cause mutations in sample bacteria.

Origin:

1970s: named after Bruce N. Ames (born 1928), the American biochemist who devised it

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