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microbubble

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mi·cro·bub·ble  (mkr-bbl)
n.
An extremely small bubble, usually only a few hundred micrometers in diameter, that can be uniformly suspended in a liquid such as blood.


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Using the microbubble technique pioneered at the breast cancer unit at Maidstone Hospital, radiologists can test for cancer using only a fine needle biopsy.
Instead of just bubbling ozone through polluted water, he uses repeated cycles of pressurization of ozone and dirty water so the ozone saturates the water, followed by depressurization so the ozone expands into numerous microbubbles in the polluted water, similar to the way a carbonated beverage foams and overflows if opened quickly.
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