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gram stain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
gram s-tain
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

Synonyms

Gram's method Gram method Gram's procedure Gram's stain

Questions

What does gram stain mean?
a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

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