acetoorcein

A1C3E1T1O1O1R1C3E1I1N1

noun

A cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid

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Meanings

nounacetoorcein (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid

    For the preparation of the karyological slides of the polytene chromosomes, dissected salivary glands were stained in a 2% solution of acetoorcein.

    2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From aceto- + orcein.

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Chicago

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