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Definition of Destain
1. Verb. Remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast.
Definition of Destain
1. to remove stain from [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destain
Literary usage of Destain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Draw off stain and replace with 1 percent HCL in 70 percent alcohol to destain.
6. Examine frequently and destain until light pink. 7. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... does not destain by Gram 's method, possesses a capsule that is difficult of
demonstration in culture, grows well on all ordinary media, ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"And this was a grief and sickness to honest minds, that such spurious and impure
creatures should sustain, or rather destain, the reverence and majesty ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"M. destain (1823-25, 6 vols.), Silvestre de Sacy (1838, 3 vols.), and others.
The success of Galland's venture gave rise to many imitations that appeared in ..."
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