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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative;
[syn: Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Gram method n 1: a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative [syn: Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain]