paper chromatography n chromatography that uses paper strips or sheets as the adsorbent stationary phase through which a solution flows and is used esp. to separate amino acids compare COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY
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a type of chromatography in which the stationary phase is a sheet of special-grade filter paper; it is in all other aspects similar to thin-layer chromatography (q.v.).Medical dictionary. 2011.