Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ziehl-neelsen stain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ziehl-neelsen s-tain
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after two German doctors who modified the stain: the bacteriologist Franz Ziehl (1859–1926) and the pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ziehl-Neelsen stains (plural)

Questions

What does ziehl-neelsen stain mean?: A bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria.
Where does ziehl-neelsen stain come from?: Named after two German doctors who modified the stain: the bacteriologist Franz Ziehl (1859–1926) and the pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898).

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