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acetoorcein

acetoorcein noun: a cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid.

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...

Origin of acetoorcein

From aceto- + orcein.

Questions about acetoorcein

What does acetoorcein mean?
Acetoorcein means a cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid.
What part of speech is acetoorcein?
Acetoorcein is a noun.

Words near acetoorcein in the dictionary

  1. acetonylations
  2. acetonylidene
  3. acetonylidenes
  4. acetonyls
  5. acetonæmia
  6. acetoorcein
  7. acetopathy
  8. acetophenazine
  9. acetophenetide
  10. acetophenetides
  11. acetophenetidide

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