sonocytology
n.— «In recent experiments using the frontier science of nanotechnology, the researchers have found evidence that yeast cells give off one kind of squeal while mammalian cells may give off another.…The founder of the study of cell sounds, or “sonocytology,” as he calls it, is Jim Gimzewski, a 52-year-old UCLA chemist.» —“Signal Discovery?” by Mark Wheeler Smithsonian Mar., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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