See Also: Ciaccio's stain(medicine)
Ciaccio, Giuseppe(medicine)
Ciaccio, Carmelo(medicine)
Ciaccio's glands(medicine)
Ag-AS stain(medicine)
Stain(medicine)
stain(1)(dictionary)
PAS stain(medicine)
PTA stain(medicine)
stain(2)(dictionary)

persnickety (oh) and Ciaccio's stain (medicine)


persnickety (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: pernickety 'persnickety' (19-21 centuries), perhaps from particular]
worrying too much about details that are not important - used to show disapproval

Ciaccio's stain (medicine)


Ciaccio's stain
<technique> A method for demonstrating complex insoluble intra-cellular lipids using fixation in a formalin-dichromate solution, embedding in paraffin, staining with Sudan III or IV, and examination in aqueous mountant.