microtainer

Etymology

micro- + container

microtainer means A very small container for biological material. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A very small container for biological material.“At every time point, a 500-μL sample of whole blood was taken from each participant in to a microtainer coated with K 2 EDTA (Becton Dickinson ref: 365974).”