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methacarn

methacarn noun: a mixture of methanol, chloroform and acetic acid used as a fixative.

Noun

methacarn (uncountable)

  1. A mixture of methanol, chloroform and acetic acid used as a fixative
    • Fragments of ventral prostate were fixed by immersion in 4% formaldehyde freshly prepared in phosphate buffer pH 7.2 and methacarn (1 : 3 : 6 of acetic acid, chloroform, and methanol) and embedded in Paraplast.2015 July 30, Marina G. Gobbo et al., “Influence of Melatonin on the Proliferative and Apoptotic Responses of the Prostate under Normal and Hyperglycemic Conditions”, in Journal of Diabetes Research...

Questions about methacarn

What does methacarn mean?
Methacarn means a mixture of methanol, chloroform and acetic acid used as a fixative.
What part of speech is methacarn?
Methacarn is a noun.

Words near methacarn in the dictionary

  1. meth cooks
  2. meth mouth
  3. meth mouths
  4. meth-
  5. Meth.
  6. methacarn
  7. methacholine
  8. methacrolein
  9. methacrylaldehyde
  10. methacrylamide
  11. methacrylate

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