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adj
That is stained violet by Gram's method
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: bacteriology, biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Gram (“a surname”) + positive, after Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram, who invented the Gram staining method.
Across languages
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