Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow or red crystalline compound, C16H14O6·3H2O, the coloring material of logwood, that is used in dyes, inks, and stains.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dye obtained from the logwoodtree, Hæmatoxylon Campechianum, and having the chemical formula C16H14O6 + 2H2O.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Hæmatoxylin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used to make dye for staining tissue samples. Extracted from the heart of the
logwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the pathologist faced with identifying an infectious microorganism on hematoxylin and eosin or special stain, the database offers an excellent set of control imagesor comparison.
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For the pathologist faced with identifying an infectious microorganism on hematoxylin and eosin or special stain, the database offers an excellent set of control imagesor comparison.
davidrothman.net » Image Database: Pathology of Infectious Diseases 2006
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Histological techniques, such as fixation procedures and tissue stainings (hematoxylin or carmine) had been introduced in the middle of the 19th century.
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It was labeled: Lung, Cat, c.s., hematoxylin & eosin.
The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956
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It was labeled: Lung, Cat, c.s., hematoxylin & eosin.
The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956
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It was labeled: Lung Cat, c.c., hematoxylin and eosin.
Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955
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In an ameboid cell, there is a framework of spongioplasm, which stains with hematoxylin and similar reagents, enclosing in its meshes a clear substance, hyaloplasm, which will not stain with these reagents.
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The stratum granulosum comprises two or three layers of flattened cells which contain granules of eleidin, a substance readily stained by hematoxylin or carmine, and probably an intermediate substance in the formation of keratin.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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The cells of these stain lightly with hematoxylin or carmine, and are more or less polyhedral in shape, forming a net-work in which ramify many capillaries.
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Each begins on the inner surface of the retina by an expanded, often forked base, which sometimes contains a spheroidal body staining deeply with hematoxylin, the edges of the bases of adjoining fibers being united to form the membrana limitans interna.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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