condenser

condenser definition - medical

con·dens·er (kən-dĕnˈsər)

noun
  1. An apparatus for cooling a gas in order to convert it to to a liquid.
  2. An instrument for packing a material into a cavity of a tooth.
  3. The simple or compound lens on a microscope that is used to focus light on the specimen under observation.

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