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名詞

microsponge (複数形 microsponges)

1. A collection of very small, spongelike particles, having a large porous surface, used for drug delivery.
2. A small sponge.
   • 1985, Donald R. Sanders, ‎Robert F. Hofmann, Refractive surgery: a text of radial keratotomy, page 132:

     […] is dried with a microsponge just enough to reveal the previously made indentation.

   • 2002, Dimitri T. Azar, Douglas Koch, LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis): Fundamentals, Surgical Techniques, and Complications:

     Some investigators recommend touching the corneal epithelium at the slit lamp with a microsponge applicator in patients with suspected loose epithelium.

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