Ontology for Biobanking

Last uploaded: May 12, 2023
Preferred Name

fixation

Synonyms
Definitions

The choice of fixation depends on the type of study.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBIB_0000676

comment

The choice of fixation depends on the type of study.

definition

A material processing that uses chemical process by which biological tissues are preserved from decay. Fixation terminates any ongoing biochemical reactions and may increase stability of the treated tissues.

definition source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation_%28histology%29

http://sharedresources.fhcrc.org/training/tips-about-fixation-and-formalin

label

fixation

prefixIRI

OBIB:0000676

prefLabel

fixation

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000094

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