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poststained

poststained adjective: stained after some other procedure.

Adjective

poststained (not comparable)

  1. stained after some other procedure
    • Samples were embedded in Eponate12 kit, polymerized at 70°C for 48 h, trimmed, sectioned at 70 − 90 nm, poststained in saturated uranyl acetate and lead citrate, and examined with a transmission electron microscope (Philips CM12).2015 July 6, “Platelets from Asthmatic Individuals Show Less Reliance on Glycolysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of poststained

From post- + stained.

Questions about poststained

What does poststained mean?
Poststained means stained after some other procedure.
What part of speech is poststained?
Poststained is an adjective.

Words near poststained in the dictionary

  1. postsplenectomy
  2. postsplenial
  3. postsplenic
  4. postsquamosal
  5. poststack
  6. poststained
  7. poststall
  8. poststarburst
  9. poststate
  10. poststates
  11. poststenosis

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