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  • 1Papanicolaou stain test (smear) — Pap·a·nic·o·laou stain, test (smear) (pap″ə nikґo la oo) [George Nicolas Papanicolaou, Greek physician and anatomist in the United States, 1883–1962] see under test and see Stains and Staining Methods, under stain …

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  • 2gram stain test — A laboratory test for symptoms of gonorrhea, universally used, and considered to be practically conclusive, certainly so when the objective symptoms are present. Peterson v Widule, 157 Wis 641, 147 NW 966. granage (gran aj). Same as grainage …

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  • 3test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 4stain — 1. To discolor. 2. To color; to dye. 3. A discoloration. 4. A dye used in histologic and bacteriologic technique. 5. A procedure in which a dye or combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues. For… …

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  • 5Sudan stain — Sudan staining is the use of Sudan dyes to stain sudanophilic substances, usually lipids. Sudan lysochromes (Sudan II, Sudan III, Sudan IV, Oil Red O, and Sudan Black B) are used.Sudan dyes have high affinity to fats, therefore they are used to… …

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  • 6Kleihauer-Betke test — The Kleihauer Betke ( KB ) test, Kleihauer Betke ( KB ) stain or Kleihauer test, is a blood test used to measure the amount of fetal hemoglobin transferred from a fetus to a mother s bloodstreamcite journal author=Katiyar R, Kriplani A, Agarwal N …

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  • 7Pap test — Intervention ICD 9 CM 795.00 …

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  • 8Papanicolaou stain — showing a low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Pap test. Papanicolaou stain (also Papanicolaou s stain and Pap stain) is a multichromatic staining histological technique developed by George Papanikolaou, the father of cytopathology.… …

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  • 9Mantoux test — The Mantoux skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL) of PPD tuberculin …

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  • 10Periodic acid-Schiff stain — Periodic acid Periodic acid Schiff (PAS) is a staining method used to detect glycogen and other polysaccharides in tissues. The reaction of periodic acid oxidizes the diol functional groups in glucose and other sugars, creating aldehydes that… …

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