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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.