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stainable, a.|ˈsteɪnəb(ə)l|
[f. stain v. + -able.]
Capable of being stained. Hence stainaˈbility.
1884Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXIII. 59 Two substances, one readily stainable, and one staining with difficulty. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 833/1 A very simple homogeneous corpuscle or vesicle of more readily stainable protoplasm. 1890Lond. Med. Recorder 20 Apr. 144/2 Sometimes they appear in greater numbers within the nuclei, which thereby are puffed up and lose their stainability. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases viii. 148 Those [plague bacilli] occurring in the blood..are stainable by Gram's method. |