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staining

[stān´ing]

artificial coloration of a substance to facilitate examination of tissues, microorganisms, or other cells under the microscope. For various techniques, see under stain.

relief staining a method of staining that colors the background and leaves the cells uncolored.

stain·ing

(stān'ing),

1. The act of applying a stain.
See also: stain.

2. In dentistry, modification of the color of the tooth or denture base.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stain·ing

(stān'ing)

1. The act of applying a stain.
See also: stain

2. dentistry Modification of the color of the tooth or denture base.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

staining

The use of selected dyes to colour biological specimens such as cells, cell products, thin slices of tissues or microorganisms to assist in examination and identification under the microscope. See also GRAM NEGATIVE, GRAM POSITIVE.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

stain·ing

(stān'ing)

1. In dentistry, modification of the color of the tooth or denture base.

2. Act of applying a stain.
See also: stain

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Five out of sixty cases represented intermediate grades (Gleason score 7) of which 3 cases showed weak = 1+, 2 cases showed strong staining intensity = 3+ while none of the case showed moderate staining intensity = 2+.

Androgen Receptor as a Prognostic Marker in Adenocarcinoma Prostate

Nevertheless silver staining is the only available method when a permanent record of the gel is required but one of the limitation of the method is the inhibition of silver staining by nuecleotide base Thymine (T) in cases where one wants to visualize oligonucleotide8,19.

AN IMPROVED MODIFIED PROTOCOL FOR SILVER STAINING OF DS DNA IN AGAROSE GEL

To permanently remove intrinsic staining, a crown or veneers can be suggested by the dentist, as it provides a cosmetic option for the discoloration.

Teeth Staining Prevention and Treatment: If the teeth are healthy on the outside as well as on the inside, pearly white teeth are attainable

The staining of the lymph node smears with Auramine-O increased the smear positivity by 36% over the conventional ZN method [Table 1].

COMPARISON OF AURAMINE-O STAIN AND ZIEHL-NEELSEN STAIN IN THE DETECTION OF TUBERCULOUS BACILLI IN FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF LYMPH NODES

The generally accepted staining scheme produce purple chromatin, blue leucocyte cytoplasm, purple neutrophils, pink-red cells and purple granules.

Estudio Comparativo de los Metodos de Tincion Metacromatica en la Evaluacion de los Tipos de Celulas Exfoliativas Durante el Ciclo Estral en Ratas Sprague-Dawley de Laboratorio

Table I.- Effect of concentration of acridine orange in working solution on staining score (1-5) of intact (green), partially fragmented (yellow-orange) and completely fragmented (red) DNA of cryopreserved buffalo sperm.

Short Communication - Optimization of Acridine Orange Staining for Buffalo Sperm, Cryopreserved in Egg Yolk based Extender to Detect DNA Fragmentation

Kinyoun observed that fluorescence microscopy was expensive than routine Ziehl-Neelsen staining and stain is also performed in a few minutes.4 Fluorescence microscopy increases the number of samples that can be read in a given time, because more slides can be stained and seen under the microscope and therefore is expensive than Ziehl-Neelsen stain.5

IDENTIFICATION OF ACID FAST BACILLI IN GRANULOMATOUS LYMPH NODE TISSUE BIOPSY

(24) The ASTM staining media is comprised of carbon black dispersed in non-polar oils and solvents.

Is there a correlation between contact angle and stain repellency?

Only nuclear staining for ER and PR was regarded as positive staining and scored as diffuse (>80%), focal (10-80%), or negative (<10%).

Estrogen Receptor and Cytokeratin 5 Are Reliable Markers to Separate Usual Ductal Hyperplasia From Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia and Low-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ

put one drop from Ldonovani culture on clean dry glass slides and making thin smearing, left to dry then fixed with put one drop from absolute methanol and left to dry till staining.

Staining leishmania parasite by using different synthetic food coloring

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