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Potter-Elvehjem homogenizer
A device used to disrupt tissues. A cylindrical glass or hard polymer pestle rotates in a close-fitting tube and a suspension of the tissue particles is subjected to shearing forces as the pestle moves up and down and presses the suspension through the space between the rotating pestle and the tube.
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