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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A 1: 20 dilution of carbol fuchsin, a 2% aqueous solution of safranin, or a 0.1% solution of Bismarck brown. Usually carbol fuschin or safranin is used. (references) |
Medicine | A 1:20 dilution of carbol fuchsin, a 2% aqueous solution of safranin, or a 0. 1% solution of Bismarck brown. Usually carbol fuschin or safranin is used. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | The malignant breast cancer cells metastasized to the liver. A cluster of the cancer-cells with their brown-staining cytoplasm is pictured within a portal tract of the liver (monoclonal antibody b1.1, abc immunoperoxidase method, hematoxylin counterstain, x500). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | A single malignant breast cancer cell is seen circulating within the hepatic (liver) sinusoids (monoclonal antibody b1.1, abc immunoperoxidase method, hematoxylin counterstain, x500). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Gram-stain technique, which employs crystal violet as the primary stain, imparts a purplish-brown color to bacteria that stain Gram-positive. Those that stain with the pink-red fuchsin counterstain are said to stain Gram-negative. Credit: CDC. |  | Hemosiderin, revealed here using PAS stain and H&E counterstain, is a normal by-product produced during the breakdown of red blood cells, and the decomposition of the hemoglobin molecule contained in these blood components. Credit: CDC. |
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| "COUNTERSTAIN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "COUNTERSTAIN" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "COUNTERSTAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | colorant (coloring). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ounterstaincay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COUNTERSTAIN": counterstained, counterstaining, counterstains. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: encrustation. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: enunciators, eructations, transection, truncations. | |
-2 letters: carnotites, centurions, constraint, containers, continuate, continuers, crenations, enunciator, eructation, stentorian, truncation. | |
-3 letters: anointers, anoretics, cannister, canonries, carnotite, centurion, constrain, container, continuer, continues, cornetist, cotenants, countians, countries, courantes, courtesan, creations, crenation, cretinous, instanter, insurance, interacts, intercuts, intonates, intranets, nectarous, neurotics, neutrinos, neutronic, nocturnes, nonartist, nutations, nutrients, outrances, reactions, reanoints. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: counterstains, encrustations. | |
+2 letters: counteractions, counterstained, counterstating, intracutaneous, macronutrients, repunctuations. | |
+3 letters: centrifugations, connaturalities, counterinstance, counterstaining. | |
+4 letters: antireductionism, antireductionist, counterinstances, counterirritants, counterreactions, countersignature, intracutaneously, nonarchitectures. | |
+5 letters: antireductionisms, antireductionists, counteraccusation, countercomplaints, countersignatures, countertraditions, intercommunicates. | |
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