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Noun: membrane filter
  1. A filter made up of a thin film of collodion, cellulose acetate, or other material, available in a wide range of defined pore sizes, the smaller ones being capable of retaining all the known viruses
    "Researchers used a membrane filter to isolate specific particles from the solution"

Derived forms: membrane filters

Type of: filter

Encyclopedia: Membrane filter