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methylene blue — A basic dye easily oxidized to azure, with dye mixtures; used in histology and microbiology, to stain intestinal protozoa in wet mount preparations, to track RNA and RNase in electrophoresis, and as an antidote for methemoglobinemia; its … Medical dictionary
methylene violet Bernthsen — an uncharged thiazine dye produced when methylene blue is converted to polychrome methylene blue. It is unrelated to various other dyes which are also called methylene violets … Medical dictionary
methylene green — a dye formed by nitrating methylene blue, interesting for its dark green metachromasia; it is a component of polychrome methylene blue … Medical dictionary
stain — 1. To discolor. 2. To color; to dye. 3. A discoloration. 4. A dye used in histologic and bacteriologic technique. 5. A procedure in which a dye or combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues. For… … Medical dictionary
Bacillus anthracis — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacillus anthracis image width = 240px image caption = Photomicrograph of Bacillus anthracis (fuchsin methylene blue spore stain). regnum = Bacteria phylum = Firmicutes classis = Bacilli ordo = Bacillales familia … Wikipedia
Anthrax — For other uses, see Anthrax (disambiguation). Anthrax Classification and external resources Microphotograph of a Gram stain of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the cause of the anthrax disease … Wikipedia
PMB — papillomacular bundle; para hydroxymercuribenzoate; polychrome methylene blue; polymorphonuclear basophil; polymyxin B; postmenopausal bleeding … Medical dictionary
azure B — trimethylthionine chloride; a dye used as a biological stain; it is a component of polychrome methylene blue … Medical dictionary
Romanowsky (Romanovsky) stain — the prototype of the many eosin–polychrome methylene blue stains for blood smears and malarial parasites, including Giemsa stain, Leishman stain, and Wright stain … Medical dictionary
Wright stain — a mixture of eosin Y and polychrome methylene blue, used for staining blood smears and for detection of malarial parasites in the blood … Medical dictionary
