See Also: Amplification(medicine)
amplification(dictionary)
DNA amplification(health)
Amplification(health)
Amplification, DNA(health)
DNA amplification(medicine)
Gene amplification(health)
Whole-genome amplification (WGA)(health)
genetic amplification(medicine)
Gene amplification(medicine)

flicker 1, verb (oh) and Amplification (health)


flicker 1, verb (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: flicorian]
to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly
::The overhead lights flickered momentarily.
[always + adverb/preposition] if an emotion or expression flickers on someone's face or through their mind, it exists or is shown for only a short time
flicker across/through/on etc
::A puzzled smile flickered across the woman's face.
to quickly make a sudden small movement or series of movements
::Polly's eyelids flickered, then she slept.

Amplification (health)


"Making multiple copies of a gene or of any sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. In amplification there is an increase in the number of copies of any particular piece of DNA. Gene amplification plays a role in cancer cells. A tumor cell amplifies, or copies, DNA segments as a result of cell signals and sometimes environmental events. Amplification can occur in vivo (in the living individual) or in vitro (literally ""in glass"", or in a plastic vessel in the laboratory). "