1. a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cytophotometer
n 1: a photometer that can be used to locate and identify
chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of
the light that passes through stained sections of the
cytoplasm