origin and definition of 'analyte'

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Aug 14 19:08:09 UTC 2002


On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:26:09PM -0400, Joanne M. Despres wrote:
> Well, Jim, maybe the chemists chose this word for the sake of
> clarity and intelligibility, so that they wouldn't end up with a passel
> of analysands.  Remember, Prozac hadn't been invented yet.

I was sort of rooting for "analysee", myself.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED



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