Medical Definition of Ehringhaus compensator

1. Device used in interference or polarization microscopy to reduce the brightness of the object to zero in order to measure the phase retardation (optical path difference). The compensator consists of a birefringent crystal plate that can be tilted. An alternative to Senarmont compensation and has the advantage that it can be applied to retardations of more than one wavelength. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ehringhaus Compensator

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ehningen
Ehrenberg
Ehrenritter
Ehrenritter's ganglion
Ehret
Ehret's phenomenon
Ehringhaus compensator (current term)
Ehrlich
Ehrlich's acid haematoxylin stain
Ehrlich's anaemia
Ehrlich's aniline crystal violet stain
Ehrlich's benzaldehyde reaction
Ehrlich's diazo reaction
Ehrlich's diazo reagent
Ehrlich's inner body
Ehrlich's phenomenon
Ehrlich's postulate
Ehrlich's theory
Ehrlich's triacid stain
Ehrlich's triple stain
Ehrlich-Turk line

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