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aceto-orcein

aceto-orcein is the alternative form of acetoorcein.

Meaning of acetoorcein

Noun

acetoorcein (uncountable)

  1. A cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid
    • For the preparation of the karyological slides of the polytene chromosomes, dissected salivary glands were stained in a 2% solution of acetoorcein.2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and...

Questions about aceto-orcein

What is aceto-orcein the alternative form of?
Aceto-orcein is the alternative form of acetoorcein.

Words near aceto-orcein in the dictionary

  1. acetized
  2. acetizes
  3. acetizing
  4. Aceto
  5. aceto-
  6. aceto-orcein
  7. acetoacetamide
  8. acetoacetamides
  9. acetoacetanilide
  10. acetoacetase
  11. acetoacetases

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