STAINABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stainable mean? 

• STAINABLE (adjective)
  The adjective STAINABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts)

  Familiarity information: STAINABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAINABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

stainability ((cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes)

Derivation:

stainability ((cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes)

 Context examples 

A stainable aggregation of protein, lipid or small molecules in the cytoplasm.

(Cytoplasmic Inclusion, NCI Thesaurus)

A stainable aggregation of glycogen in the cytoplasm.

(Glycogen Inclusion, NCI Thesaurus)

Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin.

(Eosinophil, NCI Thesaurus)

Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.

(Neutrophil, NCI Thesaurus)

Granular leukocytes characterized by a relatively pale-staining, lobate nucleus and cytoplasm containing coarse dark-staining granules of variable size and stainable by basic dyes.

(Murine Basophils, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The more readily stainable portion of the cell nucleus, forming a network of nuclear fibrils within the achromatin of a cell.

(Chromatin Structure, NCI Thesaurus)