See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Go Bail(law)
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freeze etch (medicine) and bail(7) (iou)


freeze etch (medicine)


freeze etch
<microscopy, technique> A method of preparing a cell for study by freezing it, cracking it open to reveal the organelles, freeze drying it, then examining it under the electron microscope.


bail(7) (iou)



bail verb3. Also (esp. sense 2) bale. E17.
[from BAIL noun3.]
verb trans. & intrans. Scoop (water) out of a boat; scoop water out of (a boat). Freq. foll. by out. E17.
verb intrans. Foll. by out: jump out of an aircraft, make an emergency descent by parachute; (of a surfer) leave the surfboard. M20.
? In sense 2 usu. spelt bale, as if the action were that of letting a bundle through a trapdoor; but also (esp. N. Amer.) spelt bail, as if the action were that of scooping out.