Sabouraud pastille

noun

A disk containing barium platino-cyanide that undergoes a color change when exposed to X-rays.

Meanings

nounSabouraud pastille (plural Sabouraud pastilles)

plural Sabouraud pastilles · alternative Sabouraud pastil · alternative Sabouraud's pastil · alternative Sabouraud's pastille

  1. historicalA disk containing barium platino-cyanide that undergoes a color change when exposed to X-rays.

Origin

After French physician Raymond Sabouraud.

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Sabouraud pastille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sabouraud%20pastille

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