cover slip


noun
  1. Microscopy. cover glass.

Origin of cover slip

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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British Dictionary definitions for cover slip

cover slip

noun
  1. a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope

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