Meaning & use
Tris
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A common name for tromethamine, a crystalline compound widely used as a buffering agent in biochemistry and medicine.
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The lab prepared the solution using Tris buffer at pH 8.
Tris is a standard component of many DNA extraction protocols.
A note on using this word
Short for tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane; despite looking like an abbreviation, 'Tris' functions as an ordinary common noun in lab settings.
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tromethamine
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