Gram-variable

[ gram-vair-ee-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈgræmˈvɛər i ə bəl /

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adjective (often lowercase)

of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.

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Origin of Gram-variable

First recorded in 1955–60; see origin at Gram's method

Words nearby Gram-variable

grampus, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, Gramsci, Gram's method, Gram's solution, Gram-variable, gran, grana, Granada, granadilla, Granados

How to use Gram-variable in a sentence

Furthermore, a person with norovirus has about 70 billion viral particles per gram of stool.
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But turnout tends to be far more variable in a midterm election and modeling become far difficult.
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The European formula for Fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol.
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Wax can cost a hundred dollars a gram, while buds are as cheap as $20 these days.
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Researchers acknowledged that some unknown variable might be responsible.
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Recognition of the pneumococcus depends upon its morphology, the fact that it is Gram-staining, and the presence of a capsule.
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It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Its disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.
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The great majority belong to the colon bacillus group, and are negative to Gram's method of staining.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A Gram-positive stool due to cocci is suggestive of intestinal ulceration.
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