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counterstained

counterstained is the simple past and past participle of counterstain.

Meaning of counterstain

Verb

counterstain (third-person singular simple present counterstains, present participle counterstaining, simple past and past participle counterstained)

  1. (microscopy) To stain with a counterstain

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Words formed from counterstained

Questions about counterstained

What is counterstained the simple past and past participle of?
Counterstained is the simple past and past participle of counterstain.

Words near counterstained in the dictionary

  1. counterspiral
  2. counterspirals
  3. counterspy
  4. counterspying
  5. counterstain
  6. counterstained
  7. counterstaining
  8. counterstainings
  9. counterstains
  10. counterstamp
  11. counterstamped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterstained (page history and authors); counterstain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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