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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cover slip" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in scientific contexts, particularly in microscopy, to refer to a thin piece of glass or plastic placed over a specimen on a microscope slide.
Example: "To prepare the slide for observation, carefully place a cover slip over the specimen to avoid air bubbles."
Alternatives: "a coverslip" or "a microscope cover".
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Two drops of water were placed on a glass slide and covered with a cover slip.
For transfection, cells were grown on a cover slip.
A cover slip was attached to the petri dish lid.
Seedlings were mounted in water between a slide and a cover slip.
Then, we added a cover slip on the top of the drop.
Briefly, for confocal fluorescence microscopy, cells were grown in 6-well plates containing a cover slip.
Prolong Gold antifade reagent (Invitrogen) and a cover slip were added to the stained tissues.
The mask was set on a cover slip and held in place by its own weight during treatment (Figure 1a).
Otherwise, each 0.75 µl sample was sandwiched between a glass slide and a cover slip, and sealed with silicone grease.
Is there a cover slip?
Slides were mounted with a cover slip.
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