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Definition of Cytochemistry
1. Noun. (biochemistry) the biochemistry of cells, especially that of the macromolecules responsible for cell structure and function ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cytochemistry
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Medical Definition of Cytochemistry
1. Branch of histochemistry associated with the localisation of cellular components by specific staining methods, as for example the localisation of acid phosphatases by the Gomori method. Immunocytochemistry involves the use of labelled antibodies as part of the staining procedure. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytochemistry
Literary usage of Cytochemistry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Expertise includes: cytochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, autoradiography,
and stereology in conjunction with stereo (3-D) microscopy. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... line instead of only a few, the science of cytochemistry would play a larger
part in the solution of the problems of cell physiology than it now does. ..."
3. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"... cytochemical and nutritional techniques; cytochemistry of growth; and the
pattern of human chromosomes. As a Rockefeller Foundation fellow in 1937-39 he ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Journal of Histochemistry and cytochemistry 38(5):641-7, May 1990. We describe
a method for localizing replicating cells in detached tobacco leaves allowed ..."
5. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"JSW Contribution to the Study of the cytochemistry of the Aqueous Humor in Eye
Diseases, and Variations From the Effect of Subconjunctival Injections. ..."
6. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Plaques may be found when inoculated cultures are incubated with an agar
overlay (40), but LCMV can be more reliably detected using immuno- cytochemistry or ..."