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Silver stain — A silver stain (GMS) demonstrating the fungus histoplasma (black round balls) in a liver biopsy. Silver staining is the use of silver to selectively alter the appearance of the target. Contents … Wikipedia
methenamine-silver — A hexamethylenetetramine silver complex prepared by adding silver nitrate to methenamine; a white precipitate appears in the solution which dissolves upon shaking and is stable under refrigeration; used in various histological and histochemical… … Medical dictionary
Grocott-Gomori methenamine-silver stain — See under stain … Medical dictionary
methenamine silver — a solution of methenamine and silver nitrate, used as a histopathological stain to demonstrate fungal cell walls, Donovan bodies, and Klebsiella pneumoniae rhinoscleromatis. Methenamine silver used to demonstrate a cluster of Pneumocystis… … Medical dictionary
Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) stain — methenamine silver s … 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
Periodic acid-Schiff stain — Periodic acid Periodic acid Schiff (PAS) is a staining method used to detect glycogen and other polysaccharides in tissues. The reaction of periodic acid oxidizes the diol functional groups in glucose and other sugars, creating aldehydes that… … Wikipedia
Masson's trichrome stain — of rat airway. Connective tissue is stained blue, nuclei are stained dark red/purple, and cytoplasm is stained red/pink. Masson s trichrome is a three colour staining protocol used in histology. The recipes evolved from Claude L. Pierre Masson s… … Wikipedia
Jones' stain — is a methenamine silver periodic acid Schiff stain used in pathology. It stains for basement membrane.One of its uses is to view the spiked GBM associated with Membranous Glomerulonephritis … Wikipedia
Grocott-Gomori methenamine–silver nitrate stain — a method for demonstrating actinomycetes and fungi in tissue. Sections are treated with chromic acid, stained with methenamine silver nitrate solution, and counterstained with light green solution. Cells appear brown against a green background … Medical dictionary
