Associations to the word «Hematoxylin»

Wiktionary

HEMATOXYLIN, noun. (medicine) (organic compound) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.

Wise words

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