macroseeding

The seeding of crystallization using an intact crystal that has already been grown

Noun

  1. The seeding of crystallization using an intact crystal that has already been grown
    • Repeated cycles of macroseeding were required to obtain crystals of sufficient size for data collection[…]. - 1998 March 6, Lance Stewart et al., “A Model for the Mechanism of Human Topoisomerase I”, in Science, volume...

Origin

From macro- + seeding.