carbol-fuchsin, -ine
(ˌkɑːbɒlˈfuːksɪn)
[f. carbolic a. + fuchsine.]
A mixture of fuchsine and carbolic acid, used as a staining-solution.
| 1897 Pearmain & Moor Appl. Bacteriol. iii. 84 (heading) Ziehl's Carbol-Fuchsine. 1909 Practitioner Feb. 304 Leprosy bacilli..can be stained with carbol-fuchsin in the ordinary way. 1956 Nature 3 Mar. 430/2 Sections were..stained with..dilute carbol fuchsin. |