"Capillary Action" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phenomenon in which the surface of a liquid where it contacts a solid is elevated or depressed, because of the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid. (from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D002197
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.860.327
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Capillary Action" by people in Profiles.
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Numerical calculations of single-cell electroporation with an electrolyte-filled capillary. Biophys J. 2007 May 15; 92(10):3696-705.
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Chemotaxis and chemokinesis of human spermatozoa to follicular factors. Biol Reprod. 1994 Apr; 50(4):774-85.