| malachite | <chemical> Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure. Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue colour. Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green. Origin: Fr. Gr. A mallow, from its resembling the green colour of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. Malachite. Cf. Mallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| malachite green | Tetramethyl-di-p-aminotriphenylcarbinol;a dye that has been used as a wound antiseptic, as a treatment of mycotic skin infections, and in biological staining of tissues and bacteria. Origin: G. Malache, a mallow (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematoxylin-malachite green-basic fuchsin stain | <technique> A stain for epoxy resin-extracted sections; semi-thick sections have their plastic dissolved out and the residual tissue is stained sequentially with the various dyes; nuclei and astrocytes are purplish-pink and myelin, lipid droplets, nucleoli, and oligodendrocytes are bright blue-green. (05 Mar 2000) |
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