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Gram Stain.
Gram Stain - as a noun
A staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are gram-positive and those that do not retain it are gram-negative
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
gram's methodgram's proceduregram's staingram methodExample Sentences
"The gram stain was used to differentiate between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria."
"The microbiologist performed a gram stain to identify the presence of any bacterial infection."
"The gram stain revealed the presence of gram-positive cocci in clusters."
"The gram stain procedure involves fixing and staining bacterial cells on a slide."
"Under the microscope, the gram stain showed the bacteria as purple due to their thick cell wall."
