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filtertop

noun

Etymology

From filter + top.

  1. inherited from *tuppaz✻ — “braid, pigtail, end”
  2. inherited from *topp✻
  3. inherited from topp — “top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”
  4. inherited from top
  5. compounded as filtertop — “filter + top”

Definitions

  1. The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.

    • To avoid further problems, animals were housed in shoebox cages with filtertops in a laminar-flow cabinet within an isolation cubicle. All caging, feed, water, and bedding were autoclaved before use.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA