Definition of postfix in English:
postfix
verb pəʊs(t)ˈfɪkspōstˈfiks
[with object]1Biology
Treat (a biological substance or specimen) with a second fixative.
Example sentencesExamples
- A portion of this specimen was postfixed in B - 5 fixative.
- The tissue was subsequently postfixed in osmium tetroxide and embedded in epoxy resin.
- In some cases the cells were postfixed for 90 min in a solution of 1% osmium tetroxide in PBS.
- The cells in these images were postfixed with osmium tetroxide.
- Cells were postfixed in 1% osmium tetroxide in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer for 50 min.
2Linguistics
Append as a suffix.
noun pəʊs(t)ˈfɪksˈpōstfiks
Linguistics An element added to the end of a word; a suffix.