hematoxylin

[hee-muh-tok-suh-lin, hem-uh-]

noun

1. a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.

Other Word Forms

• hematoxylic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hematoxylin¹

First recorded in 1840–50; hemato- + xyl- ( def. ) + -in ²

Example Sentences

Each tissue sample was stained with a pair of stains called hematoxylin and eosin—or H&E—to turn different tissue structures pink or blue.

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On the basis of technology, the slide stainers market is segmented into hematoxylin and eosin, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, cytology, microbiology, hematology, and special staining.

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To address these challenges, we developed a computational approach based on standard hematoxylin and eosin–stained tissue sections and demonstrated its power in a discovery and validation cohort of 323 and 241 breast tumors, respectively.

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It is rather small for dissection, but very good complete series were obtained and stained in hematoxylin.

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The stains used were carmine, hematoxylin and eosin.

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