Leishman stain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.

Word forms

Leishman stain

Etymology

Named after its inventor, the Scottish pathologist William Boog Leishman.

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