English Explanatory Dictionary

Ziehl-Neelsen stain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria.

Word forms

Ziehl-Neelsen stain Ziehl-Neelsen stains

Etymology

Named after two German doctors who modified the stain: the bacteriologist Franz Ziehl (1859–1926) and the pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898).

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