Medical Definition of Osmium tetroxide

1. Used as a post fixative/stain in electron microscopy. Membranes in particular are osmiophilic, i.e. Bind osmium tetroxide. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmium Tetroxide

osmic acid
osmic acid fixative
osmidrosis
osmiophilic
osmiophobic
osmious
osmious
osmiridium
osmiridiums
osmite
Osmitrol
osmium
osmium
osmiums
osmium compounds
osmium tetroxide (current term)
osmo-
osmoceptor
osmodysphoria
osmogram
osmol
osmolal
osmolalities
osmolality
osmolality
osmolal clearance
osmolar
osmolar
osmolarities
osmolarity

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