counterstain
to treat (a microscopic specimen) with a counterstain.
to become counterstained; take a counterstain.
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How to use counterstain in a sentence
counterstain in methylene blue, aqueous solution thirty seconds.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyrecounterstain very lightly with aqueous solution of Neutral Red.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyrecounterstain with Kuehne's carbolic methylene-blue for one or two minutes.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyre
British Dictionary definitions for counterstain
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌsteɪn) /
to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
(tr; usually passive) to apply (one of a series of stains) to a specimen to be examined: haematoxylin is counterstained with eosin
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