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counterstaining

counterstaining is the present participle and gerund 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

See all 2 meanings of counterstain

Noun

counterstaining (plural counterstainings)

  1. The application of a counterstain.

Forms of counterstaining

pluralcounterstainings

Questions about counterstaining

What does counterstaining mean?
Counterstaining means the application of a counterstain.
What is counterstaining the present participle and gerund of?
Counterstaining is the present participle and gerund of counterstain.
What part of speech is counterstaining?
Counterstaining is a noun.
What is the plural of counterstaining?
The plural of counterstaining is counterstainings.

Words near counterstaining in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterstaining (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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