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triacid

American  
[trahy-as-id] / traɪˈæs ɪd /

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid.

    a triacid base.

  2. noting acid salts containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.


triacid British  
/ traɪˈæsɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a base) capable of reacting with three molecules of a monobasic acid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of triacid

First recorded in 1885–90; tri- + acid

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The staining of the blood specimen in triacid requires only a little fixation, cp. page 35.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

Indeed all granules, that are easily soluble, vanish when the triacid method is used, and so a homogeneous cell protoplasm is simulated.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

As shewn by the former they appear as polynuclear cells free from granules, since their granulation takes on no dye of the triacid mixture.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

Their true nature is shown by their behaviour with the triacid solution.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

They may be counted in leukæmic blood with the aid of the triacid or eosine-methylene blue stain.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

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