double stain

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A mixture of two dyes, each of which stains different portions of a tissue or cell.

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And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
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A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
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He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.
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Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.
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Albuquerque Economic Development, a private non-profit, estimates the five year growth rate at almost double the U.S. in general.
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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
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There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
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Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the stain of Wharton's blood!
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