autostainer

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noun

Any of several laboratory devices intended to automate immunohistochemistry staining.

OriginEnglish stainer ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

nounautostainer (plural autostainers)

plural autostainers

  1. Any of several laboratory devices intended to automate immunohistochemistry staining.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  9. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  10. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  11. Classical Latinautomatum
  12. New Latinautomaticus
  13. Englishautomaticclip.
  14. Englishauto-
  15. Englishstainer
  16. Englishautostainer

From auto- + stainer.

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APA

autostainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autostainer

MLA

“autostainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autostainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autostainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autostainer.

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