Histology and Biology. = metachromasia, n.

The property exhibited by certain biological materials and structures of staining a different colour from that of the stain used; the changed…

(A condition characterized by) the presence of polychromatophil erythrocytes in the blood; the state or condition of being polychromatophil.

= metachromasia, n.

The property of taking up a Sudan stain (which binds to lipids in cells or tissues); an instance of this. Cf. Sudan, n. 2a.

= polychromatophilia, n.

The property of cells, tissues, etc., of staining readily with an acid dye.

The persistence of greater than average staining in chromosomal material; the character or condition, exhibited by some chromosomes or chromosomal…

affinity for fuchsine.

A tendency to stain readily with a basic dye.

The character or condition of having such a degree of condensation and staining as is typical of the majority of chromosomes or chromosomal…