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quantitate /ˈkwɒntɪteɪt /
verb [with object] Medicine Biology determine the quantity or extent of (something in numerical terms); quantify:
damage to the target cells was quantitated by fluorescence microscopy.
– DERIVATIVES
quantitation /kwɒntɪˈtɛɪʃ(ə)n/ noun
– ORIGIN early 20th century (earlier (late 19th century) as quantitation): from quantity + -ate3.