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acetoorcein en · NOUN

Etymology

From aceto- + orcein.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A cytological stain made from orcein and acetic acid
    • For the preparation of the karyological slides of the polytene chromosomes, dissected salivary glands were stained in a 2% solution of acetoorcein. 2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI: