a polysaccharide gelatinous substance usually extracted from agar, used mainly in agarose gel electrophoresis and in microbial cultures
agarose in American English
(ˈɑːɡəˌrous, -ˌrouz)
noun
Chemistry
a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations
Word origin
[1965–70; agar + -ose2]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, T cell, hired gun, no-fault, overdub-ose is a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates(amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose)
Examples of 'agarose' in a sentence
agarose
It is suited for applications such as agarose gel preparation.
The Scientist (2000)
Proteases immobilized onto solid supports (such as agarose) are also commercially available.