COUNTERSTAIN


Meaning of COUNTERSTAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌstān ]

transitive verb

Date: 1895

: to stain (as a microscopy specimen) so as to color parts (as the cytoplasm of cells) not colored by another stain (as a nuclear stain)

• counterstain noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.