GRAM-NEGATIVE

Meaning of GRAM-NEGATIVE in English

refers to bacteria that have a thick double cell wall that contains lipopolysaccharide or endotoxin; these bacteria lose a violet stain when rinsed.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

GRAM-NEGATIVE — adjective Date: 1907 not holding the purple dye when stained by Gram's stain
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRAM-NEGATIVE — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Usage: sometimes capitalized G Etymology: after Hans C. J. Gram died 1938 Dan. physician : not holding the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAM-NEGATIVE — /gram"neg"euh tiv/ , adj. ( often l.c. ) (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAM-NEGATIVE — (about bacteria) not retaining the primary violet stain after being stained by Gram's method
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRAM-NEGATIVE — adjective Date: 1907 : not holding the purple dye when stained by Gram's stain — used chiefly of bacteria
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAM-NEGATIVE — Pronunciation: ' gram- ' ne-g ə -tiv Function: adjective Date: 1907 : not holding the purple dye when stained by …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GRAM-NEGATIVE — ■ adjective see Gram stain .
Concise Oxford English vocab
GRAM-NEGATIVE — [gram-neg.a.tive] adj (1907): not holding the purple dye when stained by Gram's stain--used chiefly of bacteria
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAM-NEGATIVE — Gram-negative BrE AmE ˌɡræm ˈneɡ ət ɪv ◂ AmE \ -ət̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRAM-NEGATIVE — бтх грам-отрицательный (непрокрашиваемый по Граму)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — грамотрицательный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — Граммотрицательные бактерии
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — бтх грам-отрицательный ( непрокрашиваемый по Граму )
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — бтх грам-отрицательный (непрокрашиваемый по Граму)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GRAM-NEGATIVE — хим. грам-отрицательный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — грамотрицательный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GRAM-NEGATIVE — грамотрицательный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — грамотрицательный
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — бтх грам-отрицательный (непрокрашиваемый по Граму)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM-NEGATIVE — грамотрицательный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM — gramm
English interlingue dictionary
GRAM — I. noun Etymology: obsolete Portuguese (now spelled grão), grain, from Latin granum Date: 1702 any of several leguminous plants (as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRAM — Unit of mass or weight used especially in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of measurement . One gram is equal to …
Английский словарь Британика
NEGATIVE — I. ˈnegəd.iv, -ətiv adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French negatif, from Latin negativus, from negatus + -ivus -ive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAM — I. ˈgram, -aa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese grão (formerly also spelled gram ) grain, seed, chick-pea, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-GRAM — ˌgram, -aa(ə)m; in “program” and in the southern US in “telegram” the preceding or _grəm noun combining form ( -s …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — — negatively , adv. — negativeness, negativity , n. /neg"euh tiv/ , adj., n., adv., v., negatived, negativing , interj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-GRAM — -gram 1 a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "something written," "drawing" ( epigram; diagram ); …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAM — gram 1 /gram/ , n. a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. ˈne-gə-tiv adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. : marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal received a negative answer also …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAM — I. ˈgram noun Etymology: obsolete Portuguese (now spelled grão ), grain, from Latin granum Date: 1702 : any of several …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-GRAM — Etymology: Latin -gramma, from Greek, from gramma : drawing : writing : record chrono gram tele gram
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEGATIVE — noun the refusal or withholding of assents; veto. 2. negative ·noun a word used in denial or refusal; as, not, …
Webster English vocab
GRAM — adj angry. 2. gram ·noun ·alt. of gramme. 3. gram ·noun the east indian name of the chick-pea (cicer arietinum) …
Webster English vocab
NEGATIVE — [neg.a.tive] adj (15c) 1 a: marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal "received a ~ answer"; also: marked by absence, withholding, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAM — [gram] abbreviation grammar, grammatical
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEGATIVE — photographic image that reproduces the bright portions of the photographed subject as dark and the dark parts as light areas. …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAM — also spelled gramme, unit of mass or weight that is used especially in the centimetre-gram-second system of measurement. One gram …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAM — gram, Gram BrE AmE ɡræm ▷ grams ɡræmz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — / ˈnegətɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective BAD 1. bad or harmful : The crisis had …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAM — / græm; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE also gramme ) ( abbr. g , gm ) a unit for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. neg ‧ a ‧ tive 1 S2 W2 AC /ˈneɡətɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . BAD harmful, unpleasant, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRAM — gram S3 BrE AmE ( also gramme British English ) /ɡræm/ noun [countable] ( written abbreviation g or gm ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
-GRAM — -gram /ɡræm/ BrE AmE suffix [in nouns] [ Language: Latin ; Origin: -gramma , from Greek , from gramma ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. --adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAM — n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. øgram-atom Chem. the quantity of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAM — n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. gram-atom Chem. the quantity of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. --adj. 1. expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GRAM — 1. n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Phrases and idioms: gram-atom Chem. …
Oxford English vocab
NEGATIVE — ( negatives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A fact, situation, or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAM — ( grams) Note: in BRIT, also use 'gramme' A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad/negative image ▪ It’s difficult to explain why the industry has such a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES $15/5 grams/50 etc per day (= used when saying how much someone earns or is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAM — (MEASUREMENT), gramme, g (plural g), gm (plural gm) [noun] [C] - (a unit of mass equal to) 0.001 kilogramsThis bag …
Cambridge English vocab
GRAM — n. Unit of mass or weight used especially in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of measurement . One gram is equal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NEGATIVE — Synonyms and related words : Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abjuratory, abnegate, abnegation, abnegative, abolish, abrogate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEGATIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a negative reply : OPPOSING, opposed, contrary, anti-, dissenting, dissentient; saying no, in the negative. stop being …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEGATIVE — adj. 1 contradictory, anti, contrary, dissenting, dissentious, disputing, disputatious, argumentative, adversarial, adversative, antagonistic, antipathetic, adverse, US adversary He has adopted …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GRAM — A unit of weight in the metric system. One gram is equal to one thousandth of a kilogram and is …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
NEGATIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) отрицательный, негативный negative voice give smb. a negative answer negative approach to life negative flag б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAM — I = gramme II сущ. мелкий горошек грамм (ботаника) мелкий турецкий горошек (Cicer arietinum) gram =gramme ~ мелкий горошек gram …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEGATIVE — negative.ogg 1. ʹnegətıv n 1. 1> отрицательный ответ; несогласие to answer in the negative - ответить отрицательно the answer is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NEGATIVE — 1) отрицательная пластина; отрицательный вывод ( электронного прибора или элемента ) 2) негатив, негативное изображение 3) отрицательная величина || отрицательный …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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