lab on a chip

A semiconductor chip used to analyze the composition of a person's body fluids (blood, saliva, urine) for medical purposes. It combines microfluidics and semiconductor processing on the same structure. See microfluidics, organ on a chip, tissue engineering and nanotechnology.

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