paracarmine

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noun

A cytological stain composed of carminic acid and calcium chloride

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Meanings

nounparacarmine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA cytological stain composed of carminic acid and calcium chloride

    Cryosections of 5 μm thickness were incubated overnight at 37°C with X-gal solution pH 8.5 (vWR International, Heverlee, Belgium), counterstained with paracarmine and mounted in Mowiol.

    2015 August 22, “Amniotic Fluid Derived Stem Cells with a Renal Progenitor Phenotype Inhibit Interstitial Fibrosis in Renal Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From para- + carmine.

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Chicago

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