| chrome red | Basic lead chromate, PbCrO4PbO. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gomori's chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain | <technique> A technique used to demonstrate cytoplasmic granules, after Bouin's or formalin-Zenker fixatives, using oxidised haematoxylin plus phloxine; in the pancreas, beta cells are blue, alpha and delta cells are red, and zymogen granules are red to unstained; in the pituitary, alpha cells are pink, beta cells and chromophobes are gray-blue, and nuclei are purple to blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chrome | Chromium, especially as a source of pigment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome alum | The sulfate of chromium and potassium; used as a mordant in histologic staining. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain | <technique> A stain used to demonstrate pancreatic islet cells; alpha cells appear red, beta cells blue or unstained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome-cobalt alloys | Alloy's of cobalt and chromium containing molybdenum and/or tungsten plus trace elements; used in dentistry for denture bases and frameworks, and other structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome ulcer | An ulcer produced by exposure to chromium compounds. Synonym: tanner's ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome yellow | A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Einarson's gallocyanin-chrome alum stain | <technique> A method for staining both RNA and DNA a deep blue; with proper controls, nucleic acid content of stained cells and nuclei may be estimated by cytophotometry; also useful for Nissl substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leishman's chrome cells | Basophilic granular leukocytes (basophils) observed in the circulating blood of some persons with blackwater fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid red 87 | Eosin Ys, the disodium salt of 2',4',5',7'-tetrabromofluorescein. Synonym: acid red 87, eosin yellowish. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid red 91 | The disodium salt of 4',5'-dibromo-2',7'-dinitrofluorescein. Synonym: acid red 91, eosin I bluish. (05 Mar 2000) |
| algae, red | Algae of the division rhodophyta, in which the pigment is predominantly red; common genera are gelidium, gracilaria, and polysiphonia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alizarin red S | Sodium alizarin sulfonate;used as a stain for calcium in bone (calcium appears red-orange, magnesium, aluminum, and barium are varying shades of red), in the determination of fluorine; as a pH indicator it changes from yellow to purple between pH 3.7 and 5.2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| American Red Cross | The national Red Cross society of the United States, established by Congress to assist in caring for the sick and wounded, serving as a communications link between members of the U.S. Armed forces and their families, conducting disaster relief and prevention programs, and furnishing other humanitarian services, the largest of which is a network of regional blood centres providing blood and blood products. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amidonaphthol red | An azo dye, C18H13N3S2Na2, used in light and fluorescence microscopy as a real acid counterstain. Synonym: azophloxin. (05 Mar 2000) |