| panoptic | All-revealing, denoting the effect of multiple or differential staining. Origin: pan-+ G. Optikos, relating to vision (05 Mar 2000) |
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| panoptic stain | <technique> A stain in which a Romanowsky-type stain is combined with another stain; such a combination improves the staining of cytoplasmic granules and other bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |