metachromasia
21body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …
22granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or …
23metachromatic — Denoting cells or dyes that exhibit metachromasia. SYN: metachromophil, metachromophile. * * * meta·chro·mat·ic krō mat ik adj 1) staining or characterized by staining in a different color or shade from what is typical <metachromatic… …
24methylation — Addition of methyl groups; in histochemistry, used to esterify carboxyl groups and remove sulfate groups by treating tissue sections with hot methanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid; the net effect being to reduce tissue basophilia and… …
25safranin O — A mixture of dimethyl and trimethylphenosafranin chloride, a basic red dye that exhibits orange metachromasia; used in histology as a nuclear stain, in microbiology as a counterstain in the Gram method …
26metachromasy — meta·chro·ma·sy or meta·chro·ma·cy krō mə sē n, pl sies or cies METACHROMASIA …
27methylene green — a dye formed by nitrating methylene blue, interesting for its dark green metachromasia; it is a component of polychrome methylene blue …
28metachromia — meta·chro·mia (met″ə kroґme ə) metachromasia …
29metachromasis — noun see metachromasia …
30metachromasy — noun see metachromasia …
