immunostain

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noun

Any staining agent used in immunostaining

OriginEnglish stain ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunostain (plural immunostains)

plural immunostains

  1. biologyAny staining agent used in immunostaining
verbimmunostain (third-person singular simple present immunostains, present participle immunostaining, simple past and past participle immunostained)

present singular third person immunostains · participle present immunostaining · participle past immunostained · past immunostained

  1. To use such a staining agemt

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Englishstain
  15. Englishimmunostain

From immuno- + stain.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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