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picrosirius red

picrosirius red noun: a red stain used to visualize collagen.

Noun

picrosirius red (uncountable)

  1. A red stain used to visualize collagen.
    • Therefore the aim was to correlate the clinical, functional and histopathological staging and to analyze the polarization colors and thickness of the collagen fibers in different stages of OSMF using picrosirius red stain under polarizing microscopy so as to assess the severity of disease.2015, Neha Modak et al., “Comparative Study of Clinical Staging of Oral Submucous Fibrosis with Qualitative Analysis of Collagen Fibers Under Polarized Microscopy”, in Iranian Journal of Pathology...

Questions about picrosirius red

What does picrosirius red mean?
Picrosirius red means a red stain used to visualize collagen.
What part of speech is picrosirius red?
Picrosirius red is a noun.

Words near picrosirius red in the dictionary

  1. picromerite
  2. picropharmacolite
  3. picropodophyllin
  4. picroside
  5. picrosides
  6. picrosirius red
  7. picross
  8. picrosses
  9. picrotoxic
  10. picrotoxin
  11. picrotoxine

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