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An eye dropper, also called Pasteur pipette or simply dropper, is a device used to transfer small quantities of liquids. [1] They are used in the laboratory and also to dispense small amounts of liquid medicines. A very common use was to dispense eye drops into the eye.
cylindrical type graduated and ungraduated with cone and socket; with pressure equalizing tube; pear shaped, graduated and ungraduated; Pressure-equalizing dropping funnels have an additional narrow-bore glass tube from the bulb of the funnel, to the ground glass joint around the stem.
Dropper funnels, also called dropping funnels or tap funnels, have a tap to allow the controlled release of a liquid. A flat funnel, [ 3 ] made of polypropylene, utilises living hinges and flexible walls to fold flat.
A honey dipper in use. One method of using the tool is to dip the grooved end into the liquid, rotate the handle into a horizontal position, [4] then slowly twirl the handle between the thumb and fingers while in transport, as the concentric grooves help to minimize dripping. [5]
A water-dropper (Japanese: 水滴, Hepburn: suiteki, Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: shuǐdī) is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy as a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to make ink a few drops of water are dropped onto the surface of an inkstone .
The size of the loop determines the volume of liquid an inoculation loop can transfer. An early report of the use of an inoculation loop as an analytical tool was by O'Sullivan et al. [3] in a 1960 published protocol developed to improve methods for culturing urine samples. A 3mm diameter loop was used to deliver a consistent volume of urine ...
Pipette or dropper: to measure out doses of liquid, specially in children Proctoscope: to look inside the anal canal and lower part of the rectum: Radiography: to view internal body structures Reflex hammer: to test motor reflexes of the body Sphygmomanometer: to measure the patient's blood pressure: Stethoscope
A dropper or Pasteur pipette is an instrument used to transfer small quantities of liquid. Dropper may also refer to: Dropper (malware), a program that tries to install malware; The Dropper, a 2000 album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood; a participant in the drop swindle; an inhabitant of the "hippie commune" Drop City