Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gram's stain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: gram's s-tain
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

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 stain

Questions

What does gram's 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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