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hemiamyloid

hemiamyloid adjective: describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).

Adjective

hemiamyloid (comparative more hemiamyloid, superlative most hemiamyloid)

  1. Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).
    • Fuscopannaria and Moelleropsis share important characters like the hemiamyloid reaction of the hymenium and the amyloid tube structure of the ascus apex.2002 June, Ekman, Stefan, Jørgensen, Per Magnus, “Towards a molecular phylogeny for the lichen family Pannariaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)”, in Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 80, number 6, page...

Forms of hemiamyloid

comparativemore hemiamyloid
superlativemost hemiamyloid

Origin of hemiamyloid

From hemi- + amyloid.

Questions about hemiamyloid

What does hemiamyloid mean?
Hemiamyloid means describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).
What part of speech is hemiamyloid?
Hemiamyloid is an adjective.

Words near hemiamyloid in the dictionary

  1. hemiallelic
  2. hemiallogeneic
  3. hemiamaurosis
  4. hemiaminal
  5. hemiaminals
  6. hemiamyloid
  7. hemianaesthesia
  8. hemianamorphic
  9. hemianamorphosis
  10. hemianatropous
  11. hemianesthesia

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