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Leishman stain

Leishman stain proper noun: a stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.

Proper noun

Leishman stain

  1. A stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.

Origin of Leishman stain

Named after its inventor, the Scottish pathologist William Boog Leishman.

Questions about Leishman stain

What does Leishman stain mean?
Leishman stain means a stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.
What part of speech is Leishman stain?
Leishman stain is a proper noun.

Words near Leishman stain in the dictionary

  1. Leisers
  2. leish
  3. Leishangbam
  4. leishes
  5. Leishman
  6. Leishman stain
  7. leishmania
  8. leishmanial
  9. leishmanias
  10. leishmaniases
  11. leishmaniasis

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