The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hematoxylin
Hematoxylin \Hem`a*tox"y*lin\, n. H[ae]matoxylin.
Wiktionary
hematoxylin
n. (context medicine organic compound English) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, (taxlink Haematoxylum campechianum species noshow=1).
Usage examples of "hematoxylin".
Glass jars, slender glass tubes called pipettes, racks of glass slides and covers, bottles of hematoxylin and eosin dyes, and plastic baskets containing thousands of Eppendorf tubes, from 0.