2. Verb. (third-person singular of counterstain) ¹
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Definition of Counterstains
1. counterstain [v] - See also: counterstain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterstains
Literary usage of Counterstains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Without using a counterstain, recognition of such cells is very difficult, but
counterstains tend to obscure very small granules. ..."
2. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1903)
"Borax carmine gives a good nuclear stain and may be advantageously supplemented
by counterstains. For in toto staining place the specimen in water until it ..."
3. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"... of them as counterstains dissolved in the clearing fluid. For the study of
nuclei, after Hermann's or Flemming's fluid has been used for fixing, ..."
4. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"counterstains of any of the weaker dyes may then be used to stain the decolorized
elements. One of the first of the staining solutions to be of practical ..."
5. The Indian Policy of the United States on the Southwestern Frontier, 1830 by Joseph Abner Hill, Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser (1914)
"counterstains of any of the weaker dyes may then be used to stain the decolorized
elements. One of the first of the staining solutions to be of practical ..."
6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1921)
"... ten to twenty minutes or longer (twelve to twenty-four hours for Zenker fixed
tissue). 4. Wash thoroughly in several changes of water. counterstains. ..."
7. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1899)
"... carmine as counterstains," that appeared in a recent number of your journal.
It was also in staining developing bone, in sections of a baby's finger, ..."
8. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Aqueous solutions of methylene-blue or of malachite-green were used as counterstains.
One series of slides, serving as a sort of control smears, ..."
9. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Without using a counterstain, recognition of such cells is very difficult, but
counterstains tend to obscure very small granules. ..."
10. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1903)
"Borax carmine gives a good nuclear stain and may be advantageously supplemented
by counterstains. For in toto staining place the specimen in water until it ..."
11. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"... of them as counterstains dissolved in the clearing fluid. For the study of
nuclei, after Hermann's or Flemming's fluid has been used for fixing, ..."
12. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"counterstains of any of the weaker dyes may then be used to stain the decolorized
elements. One of the first of the staining solutions to be of practical ..."
13. The Indian Policy of the United States on the Southwestern Frontier, 1830 by Joseph Abner Hill, Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser (1914)
"counterstains of any of the weaker dyes may then be used to stain the decolorized
elements. One of the first of the staining solutions to be of practical ..."
14. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1921)
"... ten to twenty minutes or longer (twelve to twenty-four hours for Zenker fixed
tissue). 4. Wash thoroughly in several changes of water. counterstains. ..."
15. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1899)
"... carmine as counterstains," that appeared in a recent number of your journal.
It was also in staining developing bone, in sections of a baby's finger, ..."
16. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Aqueous solutions of methylene-blue or of malachite-green were used as counterstains.
One series of slides, serving as a sort of control smears, ..."
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