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STAINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
Example:
tear-stained cheeks
Classified under:
Antonym:
unstained (not stained)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a coating of stain or varnish
Synonyms:
stained; varnished
Classified under:
Similar:
painted (coated with paint)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb stain
Context examples:
A cytoplasmic granule found in the myelocyte lineage that can be stained with azure dyes.
(Azurophilic Granule, NCI Thesaurus)
Love tormented him and overrode his will, so that, despite all determination, he found himself at the little ink-stained table.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
If you have stained, broken or uneven teeth, cosmetic dentistry can help.
(Cosmetic Dentistry, NIH)
The nucleus is small, elongated and darkly stained.
(Interstitial Cell of the Pineal Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
It was locked; and lying near by on the flags, they found the key, already stained with rust.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
His wild eyes, stained cheeks, and unkempt hair all spoke of the sudden blow which had fallen upon the household.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The sixth had only risen upon his elbow; he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Video-microscopy procedure for the analysis of the nuclear chromatin organization status in neoplastic lesions and the detection of nuclear subpopulations on hematoxylin-eosin stained sections.
(Karyometry, NCI Thesaurus)
It is typically used on tissues to be paraffin-embedded and immunochemically stained and is useful for the preservation of nucleic acids in situ.
(Methacarn, NCI Thesaurus)
A region on a chromosome which, when stained, is uniform in appearance. (Normally, a stained chromosome shows a banding pattern.) Homogeneously staining regions contain multiple copies of a single gene.
(Homogeneously Staining Region, NCI Thesaurus)
