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Kinyoun stain

Kinyoun stain noun: a staining procedure for acid-fast species of the bacterial genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia and the apicomplexan genus Cryptosporidium. It involves a primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue).

Noun

Kinyoun stain

  1. A staining procedure for acid-fast species of the bacterial genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia and the apicomplexan genus Cryptosporidium. It involves a primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue).

Origin of Kinyoun stain

Developed by Joseph J. Kinyoun.

Questions about Kinyoun stain

What does Kinyoun stain mean?
Kinyoun stain means a staining procedure for acid-fast species of the bacterial genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia and the apicomplexan genus Cryptosporidium. It involves a primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue).
What part of speech is Kinyoun stain?
Kinyoun stain is a noun.

Words near Kinyoun stain in the dictionary

  1. Kinwick
  2. kinyan
  3. Kinyarwanda
  4. Kinyon
  5. Kinyons
  6. Kinyoun stain
  7. Kinypanial
  8. Kinzel
  9. Kinzels
  10. Kinzer
  11. Kinzers

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