ziehl-neelsen stain
1Ziehl-Neelsen stain — The Ziehl Neelsen stain, also known as the acid fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist. It is a special bacteriological stain used to …
2Ziehl-Neelsen stain — Ziehl Neel·sen stain tsēl nāl sən n a carbolfuchsin stain used esp. for detecting the tubercle bacillus Ziehl Franz (1857 1926) German bacteriologist. A professor in Lübeck, Ziehl introduced the carbolfuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in… …
3Ziehl-Neelsen stain — an acid fast carbol fuchsin stain used specifically for identifying the tubercle bacillus [Ziehl (1857–1926), German bacteriologist; F. K. A. Neelsen (1854–94), German pathologist] …
4Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin solution — Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin. See also Ziehl Neelsen staining method, at Table of Stains and Staining Methods, under stain …
5Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin — a mixture of basic fuchsin and liquefied phenol in alcohol and purified water; used in the Ziehl Neelsen staining method (see at Stains and Staining Methods, under stain) …
6Ziehl-Neelsen staining method — a stain for acid fast organisms. A heat fixed smear is flooded with Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin, heated for 5 minutes, cooled, and washed. The slide is decolorized with acid alcohol, washed, and counterstained with methylene blue. Acid fast… …
7Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin staining method — Ziehl Neel·sen carbolfuchsin, staining method (tsēlґ nālґsen) [Franz Ziehl, German bacteriologist, 1857–1926; Friedrich Karl Adolf Neelsen, German pathologist, 1854–1894] see under carbolfuchsin, and at Stains and Staining Methods,… …
8Ziehl-Neelsen method — see Stains and Staining Methods, under stain …
9stain — 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… …
10Ziehl — Franz, German bacteriologist, 1857–1926. See Z. stain, Z. Neelsen stain …
