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GRAM'S SOLUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gram's solution mean?
• GRAM'S SOLUTION (noun)
The noun GRAM'S SOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
Familiarity information: GRAM'S SOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("Gram's solution" is a kind of...):
solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)
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