high-performance liquid chromatography
noun
high-per·for·mance liquid chromatography
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Medical Definition of high-performance liquid chromatography
: liquid chromatography in which the degree of separation is increased by forcing a solvent under pressure through a densely packed adsorbent
—abbreviation HPLC
— called also high-pressure liquid chromatography