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histolene

histolene noun: the monoterpene hydrocarbon "p-mentha-1,8-diene" used as a cytological clearing agent.

Noun

histolene (uncountable)

  1. The monoterpene hydrocarbon "p-mentha-1,8-diene" used as a cytological clearing agent
    • In brief, 4 μm sections of paraffin-embedded human liver tissue mounted on silane-coated glass slides were de-paraffinized in histolene and dehydrated in graded ethanol.2015 September 22, “Effect of Immunosuppressive Agents on Hepatocyte Apoptosis Post-Liver Transplantation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about histolene

What does histolene mean?
Histolene means the monoterpene hydrocarbon "p-mentha-1,8-diene" used as a cytological clearing agent.
What part of speech is histolene?
Histolene is a noun.

Words near histolene in the dictionary

  1. histoimmunopathological
  2. histoincompatibility
  3. histoincompatible
  4. histoknife
  5. histoknives
  6. histolene
  7. histolocalization
  8. histolocalizations
  9. histologic
  10. histological
  11. histologically

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