Tissue Embedding
"Tissue Embedding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The technique of placing cells or tissue in a supporting medium so that thin sections can be cut using a microtome. The medium can be paraffin wax (PARAFFIN EMBEDDING) or plastics (PLASTIC EMBEDDING) such as epoxy resins.
| Descriptor ID |
D016610
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.500.620.720 E01.370.225.750.600.720 E05.200.500.620.720 E05.200.750.600.720
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tissue Embedding" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.