modified trichrome stain

modified trichrome stain

a stain developed from the Wheatley modification of the Gomori trichrome stain using 10 times the amount of chromotrope 2R dye for microsporidian spores, which stain pink to red.

mod·if·ied tri·chrome stain

(mod'i-fīd trī'krōm stān) A reformulation of the Gomori trichrome stain with a tenfold increase of chromotype 2R dye, adapted for detection of microsporidian spores.