Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cytology and pathology, capable of taking a stain; stainable : said of cells or tissues; chromophil.
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- adjective Capable of being
stained (used especially in biology).
Etymologies
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Latin tingere, to dye.
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Examples
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These neoplasms represented a monotonous population of medium-sized cells, with scant cytoplasm and blastic chromatin with one to two small nucleoli, intermingled with abundant histiocytes with tingible bodies.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009
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