2. Adjective. From which stain has been removed ¹
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Definition of Destained
1. destain [v] - See also: destain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destained
Literary usage of Destained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Papers (1922)
"In some specimens, particularly such as have not been sufficiently destained,
the caudal halves of these structures are seen in close apposition and may ..."
2. Clinical Rheumatology: A Problem-oriented Approach to Diagnosis and Management by Roland W. Moskowitz (1921)
"... and are stained from five to ten minutes in Dela- field's hematoxylin.
The stain is then washed off with tap water, destained with acid alcohol, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Smears from the lung show a coccus which stains by Gram ; from the liver and
spleen a short bacillus destained by Gram ; from the kidney and heart's blood ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"... and still other areas where the capsules have been entirely destained and in
which the organisms appear as short, thick bacilli with blunt, rounded ends ..."
5. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"The chromosomes at best tend to mass together, and if not strongly destained,
form a huge black mass in which nothing can be distinguished. ..."
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